journal
/ˈd͡ʒɝnəl/ noun B1- A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
- A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject. · The university's biology department subscribes to half a dozen academic journals.
- A chronological record of payments or receipts.
- A general journal.
- 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.
Plural journals
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“But how came that first note to be inserted in your journal?
“Why, in the first place, I heard it from Madame Danglars, who, by the by, is dying to see you in her box, or to have you seen there by others; secondly, I learned it from Beauchamp’s journal; and thirdly, from my own imagination.
He hastily tore off the cover, opened the journal with nervous precipitation, passed contemptuously over the Paris jottings, and arriving at the miscellaneous intelligence, stopped with a malicious smile, at a paragraph headed
“There appeared in his journal last night—but wait, and read for yourself.” And Albert handed over the paper to the count, who read as follows:
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