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The definition of a voyage is a long trip, often involving traveling somewhere by plane or boat.

(noun)

When you travel from New York to London by a cruise ship, this is an example of a voyage.

See voyage in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a relatively long journey or passage by water or, formerly, by land
a journey by aircraft or spacecraft
a written account of a voyage

Origin: ME viage < OFr veiage, voyage < LL viaticum, a journey < L, traveling money, provision for a journey < viaticus, of a journey < via, way, journey: see via

intransitive verb voyaged, voyaging

to make a voyage; travel

transitive verb

to sail or travel over or on

Related Forms:

voyager noun

See voyage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea.
a. The events of a journey of exploration or discovery considered as material for a narrative. Often used in the plural.
b. Such a narrative.

verb voy·aged, voy·ag·ing, voy·ag·es

verb, intransitive

To make a voyage.

verb, transitive

To sail across; traverse: voyaged the western ocean.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French veyage

Origin: , from Late Latin viāticum, a journey

Origin: , from Latin, provisions for a journey

Origin: , from neuter of viāticus, of a journey

Origin: , from via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots