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Pronunciation: /ˈdʒəːn(ə)l/

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Definition of journal

noun

1a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional activity:medical journals [in names]:the Wall Street Journal

2a daily record of news and events of a personal nature; a diary: while abroad he had kept a journal
Nautical a logbook.
(the Journals) a record of the daily proceedings in the Houses of Parliament.
(in bookkeeping) a daily record of business transactions with a statement of the accounts to which each is to be debited and credited.

3the part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

verb (journals, journaling, journaled)

[no object]

write in a journal or diary.

Origin:

late Middle English (originally denoting a book containing the appointed times of daily prayers): from Old French jurnal, from late Latin diurnalis (see diurnal)

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