Odyssey

[ od-uh-see ]

/ ˈɒd ə si /

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noun, plural Od·ys·seys for 2.

(italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.

(often lowercase) a long series of wanderings or adventures, especially when filled with notable experiences, hardships, etc.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Odyssey

Od·ys·se·an, adjective

Words nearby Odyssey

odyno-, odynometer, odynophagia, odynophonia, Odysseus, Odyssey, Odzooks, Oe, OECD, oecology, OECS

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How to use Odyssey in a sentence

Adams said he rarely saw the half-dozen women who worked there come or go, but when they did, they were being ferried to and from work in a Honda Odyssey van.
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Someone stole Robbie Pruitt’s mountain bike off the rack of his Honda Odyssey in September.
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A trailer of in-game footage was shown for “Odyssey,” a space adventure game with first-person shooter elements.
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As someone who loved “Odyssey” but also lamented the series leaving behind its roots, “Valhalla” hits a sweet spot.
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Odyssey does a bit more, with 18 tracked stats to play with.
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Declining to use his real name out of fear of reprisal, Ibrahim describes a dark and gruesome odyssey.
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The casting of the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII is shaping up to be it's own, multi-installment odyssey.
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He was bidding a final farewell to the 9/11 nightmare and the odyssey to kill Osama bin Laden.
Old Flaws in Obama’s New Foreign Policy|Leslie H. Gelb|May 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One refugee remembers the chaos of the day and her long odyssey to freedom.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus|Katie Baker|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All the motor skills are gone, so it feels like his personal Odyssey as he struggles over every inch.
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The other great Greek poem, the Odyssey, has given us the name of one of its characters for a fairly common English word.
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Homer (Odyssey, v. 390) speaks of “the fair-tressed Dawn,” εὐπλόκαμος Ἠώς.
Milton's Comus|John Milton
The hero of The Odyssey was, self-confessedly, no tyro, but was himself “in artifice well framed and in imposture various”.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
What an Odyssey of adventures he would149 have to relate when he reached home!
Left on the Labrador|Dillon Wallace
Yet the alleged late compiler of the Odyssey, in the seventh century, never wanders thus from the Homeric standard in taste.
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for Odyssey

Odyssey

/ (ˈɒdɪsɪ) /

noun

a Greek epic poem, attributed to Homer, describing the ten-year homeward wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy

(often not capital) any long eventful journey

Derived forms of Odyssey

Odyssean (ˌɒdɪˈsiːən), adjective

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