voyage
Americannoun
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voyages
plural
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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)
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voyages,
present (3rd person singular)
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voyaged,
past participle, past
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voyaging
present participle
verb (used with object)
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voyages,
present (3rd person singular)
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voyaged,
past participle, past
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voyaging
present participle
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
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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voyagesimple
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voyagessimple
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have voyagedperfect
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has voyagedperfect
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am voyagingprogressive
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are voyagingprogressive
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is voyagingprogressive
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have been voyagingperfect progressive
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has been voyagingperfect progressive
Past
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voyagedsimple
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had voyagedperfect
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was voyagingprogressive
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were voyagingprogressive
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had been voyagingperfect progressive
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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Greetings, World Traveler! — List 3
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Example Sentences
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Those ships also carried supplies of fresh water for the monthslong voyage, stored in barrels fit for mosquito breeding.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
A similar strategy was never considered in the making of the “Das Boot” miniseries, four seasons of which have been produced since 2018 with only one previously having made the voyage here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
It’s unclear how thoroughly the boat, which was documented in Stockton, was maintained or inspected before this week’s voyage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
When it eventually takes off, the flight's aims will be similar to those of a mostly successful voyage carried out in May, which debuted the latest edition of the powerful Starship, its third-generation model.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
“If they were on the same voyage, it could explain how this book ended up in the Ashton Place library. If only I could make sense of it!”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Scientific and commercial voyages can yield data about natural resources awaiting below melting ice caps and information for positioning nuclear-armed submarines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Scientists studying ancient human remains have frequently used evidence of congenital infection when debating whether syphilis was present outside the Americas before the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said some crew members were young sailors on their first voyages who appeared traumatised by what was unfolding.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Viking cruises, on a scale of one to 10 in the entertainment department, are probably a two if the wind’s at their back,” said Breslau, who has been on four voyages with the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Still tired and out of condition from their long months of confinement and their voyages, the men found the hiking a strain.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Taking thousands of images and recording audio descriptions of the bleakly beautiful the lunar surface as it passed beneath them, the crew eventually voyaged 252,756 miles from Earth.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Testing the technique in fruit flies, the researchers found that 51 proteins voyaged from the animals’ muscles to their heads and 269 moved from the fat body, the insects’ main energy storehouse, to their legs.
From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024
By Friday we had voyaged about one-third of the way from the June 21 summer solstice to the Sept. 22 autumn equinox.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022
A couple hundred years ago, a traveler may have noticed breads growing distinctly flatter as she voyaged north through Europe.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
She’d voyaged across the Atlantic with her nineteen-year-old brother, who’d died of dysentery during the trip.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
So we get why Ross opts to normalize voyaging alone instead of speaking to common fears about it.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025
Unsure what it would be like voyaging with so many youngsters, she booked a short four-day journey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
After Charles Darwin happened across “vast rings of coral-rock” while voyaging through the southern Pacific Ocean on the Beagle, he wrote that upon seeing them, “everyone must be struck with astonishment.”
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 22, 2023
The news outlet noted that Justice Thomas has taken 38 destination vacations that included voyaging on a yacht, traveling via private jets and even helicopters.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Counting houses, shops, stores, sail lofts, and one great ship after another, home again after their voyaging, content as cows waiting to be milked.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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