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jour·ney (jʉr′nē)

noun pl. journeys -·neys

  1. the act or an instance of traveling from one place to another; trip
  2. any course or passage from one stage or experience to another

Etymology: ME journee < OFr < VL *diurnata, day's journey, day's work < LL diurnum, a daily portion < L diurnus, daily < dies, day: see deity

intransitive verb journeyed -·neyed, journeying -·ney·ing

to go on a trip; travel to journey through France on a motorbike

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journey Synonyms

journey

n.

transit, passage, trip, tour, excursion, wayfaring, jaunt, pilgrimage, saunter, voyage, junket, package tour, crossing, expedition, odyssey, range, patrol, beat, sally, venture, adventure, itinerary, course, route, circuit, Grand Tour, peregrination, ramble, wandering, Wanderjahr (German), traverse, traversal, visit, sojourn, traveling, travels, campaign, trek, hegira, migration, caravan, transmigration, roaming, quest, safari, exploration, vagabondage, vagrancy, round, stroll, run, tramp, hike, promenade, constitutional, turn, airing, outing, drive, march, picnic, jog, prowl, look, survey, setting forth, crusade, perambulation, cruise, flight, sail, navigation, circumnavigation of the globe, nonstop flight, mission, ride; see also travel 1, walk 3. See syn. study at trip.


journey

v.

travel, tour, jaunt, take a trip; see travel 2.


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journey Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • begin: This year we begin that journey by focusing on " Young People: Employees of the Future " .

Preposition: through

  • landscape.: Robin Noble, a talented writer and environmentalist, takes the reader on a unique journey through the fertile landscape. of North West Scotland.

Adjective modifier

  • homeward: Early afternoon we rejoin the coach for the homeward journey.

Modifies a noun

  • planner: Integration of a number of journey planners is also an issue.

Noun used with modifier

  • epic: The first mention of this epic journey appears in the Gospel of St. Matthew where he tells of The Magi bearing gifts.

Preposition: of

  • self-discovery: The three Degrees of Masonry are like symbolic rehearsals for those major initiations that we must all take on our journey of self-discovery.
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journey quotes

It was no summer progress. A cold coming they had of it, at this time of the year; just, the worst time of the year, to take a journey, and specially a long journey, in. The ways deep, the weather sharp, the days short, the sun farthest off in solstitio brumali, the very dead of winter. See Eliot 306:73.

-Andrewes, Lancelot

Wouldn't Take Nothing for my Journey Now.

-Angelou, Maya originally MayaJohnson

Heureux, qui comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage, Ou comme cestuy la'   qui conquit la toison, Et puis est retourne¤  , plein d'usage et raison, Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son a"  ge! Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has taken a wondrous journey Or has won the Golden Fleece, And then returns home wise and useful To live in his homeland the rest of his days.

-Bellay,Joachim du

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