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# journal

noun (a journal, journals)

«journal» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A journal is a book in which you write about what happens each day, your thoughts and feelings; a kind of diary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/#m1)
2. A journal is a serious magazine about a subject, like science or medicine, where experts publish their work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/#m2)
3. A journal is a newspaper (used in some newspaper names, like «The Wall Street Journal»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/#m3)
4. (money) In bookkeeping, a journal is a record of money in and out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school pupils keep reading journals, science journals and nature journals to record observations. In science, «published in a journal» means checked by other experts (peer-reviewed). In stories, a hidden journal reveals secrets. Phrases: «keep a journal», «scientific journal», «journal entry».

### Examples

- I write in my journal every night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/#x1)
- Keep a science journal of how your bean plant grows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/#x2)
- Anne Frank's diary is a famous journal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/#x3)
- The discovery was published in a science journal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/#x4)
- Dad reads a medical journal for his job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/#x5)
- Today's journal entry is about the school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a journal, journals. Related: journalist (a person who writes news), journalism, journey (all from the French «jour», day). Journal vs diary: very similar; a diary may also be a calendar of appointments, while a journal is more for thoughts and records.

## In Jewish tradition

In school pupils keep reading journals, science journals and nature journals to record observations. In science, «published in a journal» means checked by other experts (peer-reviewed). In stories, a hidden journal reveals secrets. Phrases: «keep a journal», «scientific journal», «journal entry».

### Note

Countable: a journal, journals. Related: journalist (a person who writes news), journalism, journey (all from the French «jour», day). Journal vs diary: very similar; a diary may also be a calendar of appointments, while a journal is more for thoughts and records.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «journal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«journal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/journal.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «journal» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/journal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«journal» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/journal.html) on Mova free.