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journal Noun

— A journal is a record of what is happening, usually written regularly (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly, etc.), often scientific. They published their study in the British Medical Journal. She wrote in her journal on New Year's Day 1922, "The weather is bad and I'm too tired to write today."

journal Verb

— If you journal, you regularly record what is happening, usually in writing.

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bearing

— noun dignified manner or conduct — noun relevant relation or interconnection those issues have no bearing on our situation — noun the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies — noun a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily — adjective (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain — noun (= charge) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield — noun (= posture) characteristic way of bearing one's body stood with good posture

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with Preposition

— With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened I went to school with my brother. — With is used to describe something added to something else The cat has a collar with a bell on it. — With is used to show what thing is used to do something He hit the nail with a hammer. — Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses. With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.

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double Adjective

— A double door, window, etc. includes two of the same kind. We opened the double door to let the piano come in. Call me at 519-double three double seven. — A double accident, murder, etc. is two events that happen together or are somehow connected. With the double wedding, Sunday was the busiest day of the year. — If something is double, it is 100% bigger than something else. The new computer was double the cost of the old one. I'll have a double coffee. Usually we see about seventy people a day, but yesterday it was double. — A double thing is for two people. They slept together in a double bed, while James slept in a single in the other room.

double Verb

— If something doubles, it grows by 100%. The price of gold has almost doubled in the last month from $407 to $792. We need to double the number of people buying it. — If something doubles as something else, it has both roles. The kitchen doubles as our dining room. — If something doubles up/over, it folds in half. — If two people double up, they stay or work together.

double Noun

— Somebody's double is another person who looks very similar to them. — In baseball, a double is a hit that allows the runner to move to second base.

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thrust Verb

— If you thrust, you push forcefully or not carefully. Don't thrust your homework in your backpack, Joan.

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location Noun

— A location is a place or a site. When you're opening a new business, the choice of location is very important. — A site outside of a studio used for shooting all or part of a movie or television show. The show was filmed on location in Hawaii.

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