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Definition of journal noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

journal

noun
 
/ˈdʒɜːnl/
 
/ˈdʒɜːrnl/
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  1. a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or profession
    • a scientific/an academic journal
    • the British Medical Journal
    • the Journal of Experimental Psychology
    • a trade/professional/specialist journal
    • an online journal
    • a journal article
    • in a journal The results of the study are expected to be published in a peer-reviewed journal next month.
    Extra Examples
    • He founded a new literary journal in 1831.
    • She subscribes to quite a few academic journals.
    • The journal comes out five times a year.
    • The paper was published in an obscure medical journal.
    • the house journal of Southern Gas
    Topics Literature and writingb1, TV, radio and newsb1, Scientific researchb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • academic
    • learned
    • scholarly
    … of journal
    • copy
    • edition
    • issue
    verb + journal
    • read
    • edit
    • write for
    journal + verb
    • come out
    • be dedicated to
    • be devoted to
    journal + noun
    • article
    • editorial
    • editor
    preposition
    • in a/​the journal
    • journal of
    See full entry
  2. used in the title of some newspapers
    • the Wall Street Journal
  3. a written record of the things you do, see, etc. every day
    • He kept a journal of his travels across Asia.
    • I'm keeping a food journal for a school science project.
    • Her journal entry for that day describes a thunderstorm.
    compare diary
    Extra Examples
    • Lady Franklin kept a daily journal of the voyage.
    • The captain later published his journals.
    • ‘I think we're being bugged,' he wrote in his journal.
    • Queen Victoria's journal is regarded as an important historical record.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • personal
    • private
    • daily
    verb + journal
    • keep
    • write
    • read
    journal + noun
    • entry
    preposition
    • in a/​the journal
    • journal of
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  4. Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting a book containing the appointed times of daily prayers): from Old French jurnal, from late Latin diurnalis, from Latin diurnus ‘daily’, from dies ‘day’.
See journal in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee journal in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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