journey

[ jur-nee ]

/ ˈdʒɜr ni /

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noun, plural jour·neys.

a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.

a distance, course, or area traveled or suitable for traveling: a desert journey.

a period of travel: a week's journey.

passage or progress from one stage to another: the journey to success.

verb (used without object), jour·neyed, jour·ney·ing.

to make a journey; travel.

Nearby words

journalese, journalism, journalist, journalistic, journalize, journey, journeyman, journeywork, journo, joust, jouve

Origin of journey

1175–1225; Middle English journee day < Old French < Vulgar Latin *diurnāta a day's time, day's work, etc., equivalent to Latin diurn(us) daily + -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate¹; see -ade¹

SYNONYMS FOR journey

1 excursion, jaunt, tour. See trip¹.

5 roam, rove; peregrinate.

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Related formsjour·ney·er, nounout·jour·ney, verb (used with object), out·jour·neyed, out·jour·ney·ing.

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Examples from the Web for journey

The brokers then scout out potential “crew members” who can earn substantial discounts for working the journey.
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The next day, after driving to Putney on the outskirts of London, we start the end of our journey.
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The NYPD Emerald Society pipes and drums struck up a slow march and the procession began the journey to the cemetery.
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We began a journey with Koenig in the first episode of Serial.
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And so it is with the stories of the migrants and refugees who make the journey.
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No doubt the colonel had started on his journey to Lancaster.
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Three shillings, besides three meals of rice a day, and meat three times during the journey!
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I am sure I could find one if permitted to go on my journey.
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After being here confined three days, he was called up at midnight on the 18th and informed that he must prepare for a journey.
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How little during the progress of our journey did I suspect its fatal termination!
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British Dictionary definitions for journey

journey

/ (ˈdʒɜːnɪ) /

noun

a travelling from one place to another; trip or voyage

the distance travelled in a journey
the time taken to make a journey

verb

(intr) to make a journey

Derived Formsjourneyer, noun

Word Origin for journey

C13: from Old French journee a day, a day's travelling, from Latin diurnum day's portion; see diurnal

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Word Origin and History for journey (1 of 2)

journey

c.1200, "a defined course of traveling; one's path in life," from Old French journee "day's work or travel" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin diurnum "day," noun use of neuter of Latin diurnus "of one day" (see diurnal). Meaning "act of traveling by land or sea" is c.1300. In Middle English it also meant "a day" (c.1400); a day's work (mid-14c.); "distance traveled in one day" (mid-13c.), and as recently as Johnson (1755) the primary sense was still "the travel of a day."

Word Origin and History for journey (1 of 2)

journey

mid-14c., "travel from one place to another," from Anglo-French journeyer, Old French journoier, from journee (see journey (n.)). Related: Journeyed; journeying.

journey

noun, plural jour·neys.

verb (used without object), jour·neyed, jour·ney·ing.

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