itinerary
Americannoun
plural
itineraries-
a detailed plan for a journey, especially a list of places to visit; plan of travel.
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a line of travel; route.
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an account of a journey; record of travel.
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a book describing a route or routes of travel with information helpful to travelers; guidebook for travelers.
adjective
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of or relating to travel or travel routes.
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Obsolete. itinerant.
noun
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a plan or line of travel; route
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a record of a journey
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a guidebook for travellers
adjective
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of or relating to travel or routes of travel
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a less common word for itinerant
Etymology
Origin of itinerary
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Late Latin itinerārium, noun use of neuter of itinerārius “of a journey,” from itiner-, stem of iter “journey” ( see iter) + -ārius -ary
Explanation
An itinerary is your travel plan — where you will go and when you will be there. The term is also sometimes used for a guidebook or travel journal. If you make plans to fly to Paris from Beijing or take a train to Chicago from Mexico City, you will need an itinerary. That means you will have a plan that displays how you will get from point to point in your travels and when you will be at each point. This word comes from the Middle English itinerarius and is defined as being "about a journey." Itineraries can be really useful because if you give your mother yours, she will always know where you are!
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Example Sentences
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The state-run Communications Itinerary Card app has been operational for three years and was seen as a central part of China's zero-Covid policy.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2022
Itinerary for first-timers: Focus on exploring Sicily’s connection to ancient Greece and Rome.
From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2020
A version of this article appears in print on March 25, 2014, on page A10 of the with the headline: Obama Juggles Itinerary in Bid to Ease Tensions Between Two Asian Allies.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2014
Augusta to Hermann Itinerary Photo by John O'Hagan Best Small Town in Kentucky Just 37 miles south of Lexington off I-75, Berea continues to build on its reputation as the crafts capital of Kentucky.
From Southern Living • Feb. 17, 2010
Judde Hill, Sittingbourne, and Bapchild have been selected as probable sites of Durolevum, and certainly Bapchild and Sittingbourne are likely places for the original military post mentioned in the Itinerary of Antoninus.
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.
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