journal

CEFRB1

/ˈd͡ʒɝnəl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

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

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A chronological record of payments or receipts.

Examples

  • In footnotes, book titles and journal names are written in italics.

  • The student submitted a paper to an English-language journal, and the result was "conditional acceptance".

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

  2. A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.

  3. A general journal.

More examples

In context

  • This technical journal is above me.

  • The university's biology department subscribes to half a dozen academic journals.

  • […]his faint ſteedes watred in Ocean deepe, / Whiles from their iournall labours they did reſt[…].

Synonyms

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Every evening, she records her thoughts in a private blank to remember her experiences.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (whence modern French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French.