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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.
James Boswell

Meaning of "journal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JOURNAL

From Old French: daily, from Latin diurnālis.
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PRONUNCIATION OF JOURNAL

journal  [ˈdʒɜːnəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JOURNAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Journal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JOURNAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Journal

A journal has several related meanings: ▪ a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary ▪ a newspaper or other periodical, in the literal sense of one published each day ▪ many publications issued at stated intervals, such as magazines, or scholarly journals, academic journals, or the record of the transactions of a society, are often called journals. Although journal is sometimes used as a synonym for "magazine", in academic use, a journal refers to a serious, scholarly publication that is peer-reviewed. A non-scholarly magazine written for an educated audience about an industry or an area of professional activity is usually called a professional magazine. The word "journalist", for one whose business is writing for the public press and nowadays also other media, has been in use since the end of the 17th century.

Definition of journal in the English dictionary

The first definition of journal in the dictionary is a newspaper or periodical. Other definition of journal is a book in which a daily record of happenings, etc, is kept. Journal is also an official record of the proceedings of a legislative body.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JOURNAL


colonel
ˈkɜːnəl
diurnal
daɪˈɜːnəl
eternal
ɪˈtɜːnəl
external
ɪkˈstɜːnəl
fraternal
frəˈtɜːnəl
hibernal
haɪˈbɜːnəl
infernal
ɪnˈfɜːnəl
internal
ɪnˈtɜːnəl
kernel
ˈkɜːnəl
maternal
məˈtɜːnəl
nocturnal
nɒkˈtɜːnəl
paternal
pəˈtɜːnəl
semidiurnal
ˌsɛmɪdaɪˈɜːnəl
sempiternal
ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəl
sternal
ˈstɜːnəl
substernal
sʌbˈstɜːnəl
supernal
suːˈpɜːnəl
ternal
ˈtɜːnəl
urnal
ˈɜːnəl
vernal
ˈvɜːnəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JOURNAL

jouncy
journal bearing
journal box
journalese
journalisation
journalise
journaliser
journalism
journalist
journalistic
journalistically
journalization
journalize
journalizer
journey
journey time
journeyer
journeyman
journeyman baker
journeyman joiner

WORDS THAT END LIKE JOURNAL

asternal
bimaternal
carnal
cisternal
coeternal
confraternal
contubernal
diuturnal
episternal
eviternal
hesternal
hodiernal
house journal
tarnal
trade journal
unmaternal

Synonyms and antonyms of journal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «JOURNAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «journal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of journal

Translation of «journal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JOURNAL

Find out the translation of journal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of journal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «journal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

期刊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

revista
570 millions of speakers

English

journal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पत्रिका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

журнал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

periódico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাময়িক পত্রিকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

revue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jurnal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zeitschrift
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雑誌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

학술지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jurnal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tạp chí
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பத்திரிகை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जर्नल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dergi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rivista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czasopismo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

журнал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jurnal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιοδικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tydskrif
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tidskrift
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

journal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of journal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JOURNAL»

The term «journal» is very widely used and occupies the 1.928 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JOURNAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «journal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «journal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about journal

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10 QUOTES WITH «JOURNAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word journal.
1
Jami Attenberg
Some journal writers choose to password-protect their site, which is either an incredibly responsible act or a paranoid one.
2
John Barton
A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate.
3
Jessie Baylin
I try and journal every day, and that's where a lot of my lyric comes from.
4
Jim Beaver
My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one.
5
Jim Beaver
'Life's That Way' was an extraordinarily difficult book to write, because it wasn't written as a book. It was written as a journal of events that were happening as I wrote it, without the space or time either to digest or analyze those events and without the hindsight and peace that writing in the aftermath would have provided.
6
Tom Bodett
John Muir, the famous naturalist, wrote in his journal that you should never go to Alaska as a young man because you'll never be satisfied with any other place as long as you live. And there's a lot of truth to that.
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James Boswell
A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.
8
Jonathan Carroll
I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now.
9
Mary Boykin Chesnut
I think this journal will be disadvantageous for me, for I spend my time now like a spider spinning my own entrails.
10
Pearl Cleage
Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JOURNAL»

Discover the use of journal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to journal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Book Lover's Journal: My Personal Reading Record
Includes pages to list books borrowed, lent or given, book sources and book group contact information. 216 pages.
Rene J. Smith, 2011
2
Jay's Journal
A withdrawn adolescent boy's initiation into the occult draws him ever deeper into the bizarre world of witchcraft, voodoo, and satanism until, at age sixteen, he commits suicide.
Anonymous, Beatrice Sparks, 2012
3
The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Personal Finance
Covers banking services, credit, home finance, financial planning, investments, and taxes.
Kenneth M. Morris, Virginia B. Morris, 2004
4
A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco Da Gama, 1497-1499
This volume contains an anonymous journal of Vasco da Gama's expedition to India, the first to sail directly to India from Europe.
E. G. Ravenstein, 2010
5
Freedom's Journal: The First African-American Newspaper
The book investigates all aspects of publication as well as using the source material to extract information about African-American life at that time.
Jacqueline Bacon, 2007
6
Pregnancy Journal
This classic contains the latest medical information on both mom's health and baby's development.
A. Christine Harris, 2010
7
Daily Planner Workout Journal
The Daily Planner Workout Journal is discreetly designed to look like a day-planner so users can create and monitor their fitness program without anyone knowing. The spiral bound, lay flat format makes writing in this journal easy.
Alex A. Lluch, 2008
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Irish Journal
In IRISH JOURNAL, Heinrich Boll the celebrated novelist becomes Heinrich Boll the relatively obscure traveler, touring Ireland in the mid-1950s with his wife and children.
Heinrich Böll, 1998
9
Our Story: A Fill-in-the-Blank Journal of Our Relationship
This book helps readers create a treasured record of their love, memories, and future together. This book also includes a special front-cover photo window and provides space for pictures throughout.
Alex A. Lluch, 2008
10
Diet & Fitness Journal: Your Personal Guide to Optimum Health
A personal guide to optimum health includes motivational tips. 284 pages.
Claudine Gandolfi, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JOURNAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term journal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jagler named business editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He succeeds Gary Miller, who has retired after helping lead the Journal Sentinel's award-winning business news staff as business editor and ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Wellington Earthship nears completion - Local - The Journal Pioneer
“All systems a go,” laughed Cameron, during a recent tour he gave the Journal Pioneer. Cameron's Earthship has garnered a lot of attention ... «Journal Pioneer, Jul 15»
3
71 misdemeanor charges filed against St. Anne … - The Daily Journal
Amy Haverstick, director of a Chicago-based nonprofit organization called New Leash on Life, stacks dog crates April 7 outside of Adrian's ... «Kankakee Daily Journal, Jul 15»
4
Man charged with Paul McCauley murder - Derry Journal
A 24-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Paul McCauley. Piper John McClements, formerly known as Daryl Proctor, ... «Derry Journal, Jul 15»
5
Grantham Journal Big Interview: The secret of Everest Inn's great food
Fittingly, the accolade coincides with the Westgate restaurant's 10th anniversary. The Journal spoke to Everest's Raju Giri to find out more ... «Grantham Journal, Jul 15»
6
Wall Street Journal: A guide to next spring's menswear - Kyiv Post
A model presents a creation part of the Prada collection show during the Fall/Winter 2015 Men's Fashion Week on January 18, 2015 in Milan. «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
7
Trump Surge Leaves All but Jeb Bush in Donald's Dust - WSJ Blogs …
Dante Chinni writes Politics Counts as a regular Capital Journal feature. Mr. Chinni is the director of the American Communities Project at ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
8
Jersey Journal front and back page news: Saturday, July 18, 2015 …
Patrick Villanova | The Jersey Journal. Ashes, charred wood and rubble is all that remains of a vacant Jersey City building on McAdoo Avenue ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
9
Metro: Man injured, 1 arrested in fireworks mishap | Las Vegas …
... a second person under arrest in the 3700 block of North Nellis Boulevard, Friday, July 17, 2015. (Ricardo Torres/Las Vegas Review-Journal) ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
10
Annual Pearson lecture to be held today - Winston-Salem Journal
The Yadkin County Historical Society and historic Richmond Hill will present the annual Pearson lecture today at 10 a.m. at Richmond Hill, ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»

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