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journal

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɝnəl/

The English word “journal” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
  2. A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
  3. A chronological record of payments or receipts.
  4. A general journal.
  5. A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
  6. The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
  7. the part of a rotating shaft or axle that rests on the bearing

verb

  1. To archive or record something.
  2. To scrapbook.
  3. To insert (a shaft, an axle, etc.) into a journal bearing.

adjective

  1. Daily.

Etymology

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.

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