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itinerary

[ahy-tin-uh-rer-ee, ih-tin-]
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noun, plural i·tin·er·ar·ies.
  1. a detailed plan for a journey, especially a list of places to visit; plan of travel.
  2. a line of travel; route.
  3. an account of a journey; record of travel.
  4. a book describing a route or routes of travel with information helpful to travelers; guidebook for travelers.
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adjective
  1. of or relating to travel or travel routes.
  2. Obsolete. itinerant.
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Origin of itinerary

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin itinerārium, noun use of neuter of itinerārius of a journey, equivalent to itiner- (stem of iter) journey (see iter) + -ārius -ary
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Examples from the Web for itinerary

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Historical Examples

  • I'll ask Hepton to give me an itinerary of the trip and I will wire when and where I will join you.

    Kent Knowles: Quahaug

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • The Salzburg Itinerary describes the church as "very large and beautiful."

    Pagan and Christian Rome

    Rodolfo Lanciani

  • Space will only permit of its itinerary and a few of my impressions and experiences.

  • By limiting myself somewhat as to itinerary I can do the thing.

    High Adventure

    James Norman Hall

  • "Sure, I wonder what's the next step in our itinerary," Connie said.

    Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels

    Percy Keese Fitzhugh

British Dictionary definitions for itinerary

itinerary

noun plural -aries
  1. a plan or line of travel; route
  2. a record of a journey
  3. a guidebook for travellers
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adjective
  1. of or relating to travel or routes of travel
  2. a less common word for itinerant
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Word Origin and History for itinerary

n.

mid-15c., "route of travel," from Late Latin itinerarium "account of a journey," noun use of neuter of itinerarius "of a journey," from Latin itineris "journey" (see itinerant). By late 15c. it meant "record of a journey;" extended sense "sketch of a proposed route" is from 1856.

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