voyage
Americannoun
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a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
- Synonyms:
- cruise
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a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle.
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a journey or expedition from one place to another by land.
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Often voyages. journeys or travels as the subject of a written account, or the account itself.
the voyages of Marco Polo.
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Obsolete. an enterprise or undertaking.
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
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a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air
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obsolete an ambitious project
verb
Synonym Usage
See trip 1.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has voyagedperfect 3rd person singular
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have voyagedperfect
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has been voyagingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been voyagingperfect progressive
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voyagingparticiple
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is voyagingprogressive 3rd person singular
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am voyagingprogressive 1st person singular
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are voyagingprogressive
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voyagessingular 3rd person
Past
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had voyagedperfect
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were voyagingprogressive plural
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had been voyagingperfect progressive
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voyagedparticiple
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voyagedsimple
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was voyagingprogressive singular
Future
Etymology
Origin of voyage
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ve(i)age, viage, voyage, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin viāticum “travel-money”; see viaticum
Explanation
If someone tells you "bon voyage!" they mean have a good trip. Voyage means trip in French but in English, we use it to mean a long journey. Though voyage is usually used literally to mean a long and exciting journey or a trip that involves sailing such as a cruise, it can be used figuratively as well. Researching your family tree might become a voyage of self-discovery, taking you places you don't expect and teaching you more about yourself than you thought possible.
Vocabulary lists containing voyage
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Example Sentences
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Luca Parmitano, an Italian astronaut, will be the pilot of NASA's Artemis 3 voyage, the first European to join one of the program's missions, the US space agency announced Tuesday.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The BBC caught up with the Donalds in Penzance, Cornwall, as they rested and prepared for the final leg of their epic voyage.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Hantavirus spreads from the urine, faeces and saliva of infected rodents and is endemic in Argentina, where the voyage began.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Oceanwide Expeditions is dealing with a deadly hantavirus outbreak that occurred on a recent voyage of its MV Hondius ship.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
On May 1, 1915, the British luxury liner Lusitania, famed as the biggest and fastest ship in Atlantic service, sailed from New York on a voyage to England.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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