(journals)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A journal is a magazine, especially one that deals with a specialized subject.
All our results are published in scientific journals.
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2.
A journal is a daily or weekly newspaper. The word journal is often used in the name of the paper.
He was a newspaperman for The New York Times and some other journals.
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3.
A journal is an account which you write of your daily activities.
Sara confided to her journal...
= diary
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