journal
[noun]
Synonyms:
- newspaper, daily, gazette, magazine, monthly, periodical, weekly
- diary, chronicle, log, record

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English Thesaurus: diary, journal, memoirs, blog, log/log book, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

jour‧nal AC /ˈdʒɜːnl $ -ɜːr-/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: journal, journalism, journalist, journalese; adjective: journalistic]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: journal 'daily', from Latin diurnalis, from diurnus 'of the day']

1. a serious magazine produced for professional people or those with a particular interest:
the British Medical Journal

2. a written record that you make of the things that happen to you each day Synonym : diary:
He decided to keep a journal.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

journal
noun
I. serious magazine
ADJ. academic, learned, scholarly | professional, technical, trade | house/in-house the house journal of the South Western Gas Board
non-specialist, specialist | research, reviewing | business, literary, medical, science/scientific | august, highly-ranked/high-ranking, leading, major, prestigious ‘Nature’ was the highest-ranked journal in thte survey.
official It's the official journal of the Medical Foundation.
international, national | monthly, quarterly, weekly
QUANT. copy Please send me two copies of your new journal.
edition, issue, volume
VERB + JOURNAL read | edit, write for an academic who writes for specialist journals
produce, publish | buy, get, subscribe to She subscribes to quite a few academic journals.
JOURNAL + VERB come out The journal comes out five times a year.
JOURNAL + NOUN article | editor
PREP. in a/the ~ an article in a medical journal
~ of the British Journal of Geology

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

journal
II. diary
ADJ. private | daily
VERB + JOURNAL keep, write Lady Franklin kept a daily journal of the voyage.
read
JOURNAL + NOUN entry Her journal entry for that day describes a thunder storm.
PREP. in a/the ~ The events are all recorded in her journal.
~ of He wrote a journal of his travels.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

diary a book in which you write down the things that happen to you each day, and your private thoughts:
I decided to keep a diary of our trip to Toronto.
You shouldn’t read anyone’s private diary.
On February 3rd, he wrote the last entry in his diary.
journal a diary, especially one written by a famous or important person:
In the 1837 journal, Darwin gives an account of his voyage to South America.
Her book draws on letters, diaries, journals and historical sources.
memoirs a written record of the important events and people in your life which you write in order to publish – especially one that is written by a famous or important person such as a politician or a military leader:
A lot of politicians think about writing their memoirs.
The book was titled ‘The Memoirs of a President’.
blog a diary that someone puts on a website, which is a record of their activities, experiences, and opinions, with the latest information always at the top. On some blogs, readers can leave comments:
I try to keep a regular online blog.
I came across a great post on a blog I read recently.
log/log book an official record of events, especially on a journey in a ship or plane:
the ship’s log
The captain had made a few notes in the log book.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲