voyage
[voi-ij]
- a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
- a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle.
- a journey or expedition from one place to another by land.
- Often voyages. journeys or travels as the subject of a written account, or the account itself: the voyages of Marco Polo.
- Obsolete. an enterprise or undertaking.
- to make or take a voyage; travel; journey.
- to traverse by a voyage: to voyage the seven seas.
Origin of voyage
1250–1300; Middle English ve(i)age, viage, voyage < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin viāticum travel-money; see viaticum
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com1. cruise. See trip1.
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Examples from the Web for voyage
Contemporary Examples
The turbulent waters caused one of his oars to crack, which—without a motor or a sail—can be severely detrimental to his voyage.
The voyage is a new one, certainly for Tambor, but also for Hollywood, in many ways.
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September 24, 2014
They knew how long the voyage would take, they knew what they would find on the other side.
A journey to a distant place occasions a greater, more consequential journey in time—“a voyage to my own posterity,” he calls it.
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April 8, 2014
Lennon later described the voyage as “the most fantastic experience I ever had”.
Historical Examples
My reason for concealment was, that I might surprise you at the end of this voyage.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
Unless you do as I bid you, I will keep you in irons for the rest of the voyage!
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
The voyage was more than half completed, and nothing of importance had occurred to mark it.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
Leaving the two to pursue their voyage home, we return to Captain Haley.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
I want you to take this money, and take care of it, while I am gone on my present voyage.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
voyage
- a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air
- obsolete an ambitious project
- to travel over or traverse (something)we will voyage to Africa
Word Origin
C13: from Old French veiage, from Latin viāticum provision for travelling, from viāticus concerning a journey, from via a way
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Word Origin and History for voyage
n.
c.1300, from Old French veiage "travel, journey," from Late Latin viaticum "a journey" (in classical Latin "provisions for a journey"), noun use of neuter of viaticus "of or for a journey," from via "road, journey, travel."
v.
late 15c., from voyage (n.). Related: Voyaged; voyaging.
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Idioms and Phrases with voyage
voyage
see maiden voyage.
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