log
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3.1
- noun
- /lɔg/
- Both treatment groups completed a physical activity log every weekday for 10 weeks.
- a daily log
- a web log
- chat logs
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Watch on YouTubeSome people say keep a gratitude log and that's great.
- Some people say keep a gratitude log and that's great.
- Go data mine all this information, all these DNS logs on Trump.
- But there's logs and there's podcasts.
- So they had question marks raised about their evidence logs and the FA sacked them basically.
- Yeah, we talk about because we're always talking about these flight logs and people getting photos with him.
- It's like to see for the log because my log's quite good and stuff.
Examples
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Students kept a personal log of their reflections, time, and activity on the project.
Academic text (2012) -
Security log says she used a code.
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OK, so here it's the log of all of this stuff.
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And I asked them to keep a log of every time they did it.
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And they put it right here in this little log.
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I'm looking for the ship's log.
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It was in the daily log.
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Finally, the weekly team log facilitates student reflection on the team and project process.
Academic text (2017) -
Sarah enjoys band and always completes the weekly practice log that her teacher, Mr. Parker, assigns.
Academic text (2012) -
The technician entered every detail into the log to ensure accurate records.
Synonyms
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2.5
A paper or file that gives information about past events
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3.0
A report that describes what happened
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3.0
An official written list of names or events
30
6.1
An official written record of what happens at a meeting or conference
27
3.6
A book for writing money transactions in time order
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3.3
A written document that gives reliable information about past events
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3.3
A book where people write regular records of journeys, events, or activities
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2.3
A book that lists official facts or achievements
5
3.4
A document that keeps proof of facts or events
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7.8
Records or journals that list events year by year
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2.5
A formal paper that gives information or records facts
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3.5
A written or spoken record of past events
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3.2
A paper that describes events so people can read about them later
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5.0
A list that shows events in the order they happened, often with dates
Compounds
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4.6
A video of a burning fireplace that people show on TV or online to make a room feel cozy
- Archaic
A knotted rope on a reel attached to a wooden block used to measure a ship's speed
- Archaic
A cigar-shaped tool with spinning fins that measures a ship's speed through the water
- Specialized
A large log with good wood that is cut into boards for furniture or building
- Archaic
A long round object with rotating fins that measures how fast a ship moves in water
- Archaic
A device towed behind a ship that measures how fast it moves through the water
- Archaic
An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels
- Archaic
A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Log meaning a written record comes from ships: sailors kept a 'logbook' named after the wooden measuring log, so the word log came to mean a 'record' of events or actions.