Meaning & use
trade journal
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Meaning
nouncountable
a magazine or periodical published for people working in a particular industry or profession
Grammar: Countable: 'a trade journal', 'several trade journals'.
Patterns
- in a trade journal
- write for a trade journal
- read a trade journal
The new safety rules were explained in a trade journal for construction workers.
She wrote an article about marketing trends for a trade journal.
He reads several trade journals to keep up with changes in his field.
Word forms
| plural | trade journals |
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Common combinations
- publish in a trade journal
- The results of the survey were published in a trade journal.
- industry trade journal
- The industry trade journal named her manager of the year.
- a trade journal article
- I found a useful trade journal article about export rules.
Synonyms and how they differ
- trade magazine
- Trade magazine is more common and slightly less formal than trade journal.
- professional journal
- Professional journal can also cover academic fields, while trade journal focuses on practical industry news.
Commonly confused: trade journal or academic journal?
trade journal vs academic journal
An academic journal publishes original research for scholars; a trade journal is for people working in an industry and is usually more practical.
Practice
A trade journal is most likely to be read by:
Choose one answer.
A trade journal is published for people in a particular industry, so option 1 fits. The others are not professional groups that a trade journal targets.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “trade journal”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.