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

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Other Publishing Terms

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

Rhymes with JOURNAL

colonel, kernel, sternal, vernal