JOURNAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does journal mean? 

• JOURNAL (noun)
  The noun JOURNAL has 5 senses:

1. a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

2. a periodical dedicated to a particular subject

3. a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

4. a record book as a physical object

5. the part of the axle contained by a bearing

  Familiarity information: JOURNAL used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOURNAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

diary; journal

Hypernyms ("journal" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "journal"):

blog; web log (a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A periodical dedicated to a particular subject

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he reads the medical journals

Hypernyms ("journal" is a kind of...):

periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "journal"):

annals (reports of the work of a society or learned body etc)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

daybook; journal

Hypernyms ("journal" is a kind of...):

account book; book; book of account; ledger; leger (a record in which commercial accounts are recorded)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A record book as a physical object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("journal" is a kind of...):

book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "journal"):

daybook; ledger (an accounting journal as a physical object)

diary (a personal journal (as a physical object))

Sense 5

Meaning:

The part of the axle contained by a bearing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("journal" is a kind of...):

axle (a shaft on which a wheel rotates)

 Context examples 

If this journal be true—and judging by one's own wonderful experiences, it must be—he is also a man of great nerve.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, finds the Earth’s artificially lit outdoor areas grew by 2.2 percent per year from 2012 to 2016.

(Study: Earth’s Night Skies Getting Brighter, VOA)

The findings were published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.

(Vitamin A Supplement May Thwart Tuberculosis Infection, Jessica Berman/VOA)

Well, I was the only journalist in the stand, and my journal the only one that had no account of it, for I was too shaken to write it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ideas will tumble forth from you quickly and easily now, so catch each one and record it in your journal.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The study was published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)

Writing in the journal Nature Astronomy, researchers from the University of Warwick in England say the discovery was made when observing weather patterns on the planet, which is 1,000 light years away.

(Exoplanet Could Have Clouds of Rubies, Sapphires, VOA)

I know very well, how little reputation is to be got by writings which require neither genius nor learning, nor indeed any other talent, except a good memory, or an exact journal.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The findings are published in the journal Nature Astronomy.

(Astronomers Find New Evidence for Long-theorized Mid-sized Black Holes, VOA News)

"The higher your BMI, the more your inflammation goes up," said Kyle Bourassa, lead author of the study, which is published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity.

(Body Mass Index Linked to Cognitive Decline, Voanews)