journal

jour·nal

noun \ˈjər-n^əl\

Definition of JOURNAL

1

a : a record of current transactions; especially : a book of original entry in double-entry bookkeeping

b : an account of day-to-day events

c : a record of experiences, ideas, or reflections kept regularly for private use

d : a record of transactions kept by a deliberative or legislative body

e : log 3

f : log 4

2

a : a daily newspaper

b : a periodical dealing especially with matters of current interest

3

: the part of a rotating shaft, axle, roll, or spindle that turns in a bearing

Examples of JOURNAL

1. I've been keeping a journal for several years.
2. She records her dreams in a journal.

Origin of JOURNAL

Middle English, service book containing the day hours, from Anglo-French jurnal, from jurnal, adjective, daily, from Latin diurnalis, from diurnus of the day, from dies day — more at deity

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to JOURNAL

Synonyms

book, bulletin, diurnal, gazette, mag, magazine, newspaper, organ, paper, periodical, rag, review, serial, zine

Related Words

annual, bimonthly, biweekly, daily, monthly, quarterly, semimonthly, semiweekly, triweekly, weekly, yearbook; digest, little magazine; fanzine; pictorial, slick; broadside, edition, extra, sheet, supplement, tab, tabloid; newsletter, newsmagazine, newsweekly

Other Publishing Terms

annotate, dreadful, emend, expurgate, factoid, jump, lobster shift, redaction, referee

Rhymes with JOURNAL

colonel, kernel, sternal, vernal