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noun jour·ney \ ˈjər-nē \

Definition of journey

plural journeys

1 :something suggesting travel or passage from one place to another

the journey from youth to maturity

a journey through time

2 :an act or instance of traveling from one place to another :trip

a three-day journey

going on a long journey

3 chiefly dialectal :a day's travel

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Examples of journey in a Sentence

a long journey across the country
She's on the last leg of a six-month journey through Europe.
We wished her a safe and pleasant journey.

Recent Examples of journey from the Web

Following the second vision in August, the Indians met in council again to hear the details of the sky journey.

— Longreads, "America’s First Addiction Epidemic," 29 Aug. 2017
The perfect-fitting leather jacket is seemingly forever elusive, but allow your journey to end now.

— indya brown, The Cut, "Here’s That Perfect Leather Jacket You Were Looking For," 28 Aug. 2017
Daniela Braga The Brazilian model used the news of her confirmation to reflect on her journey to her fourth Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

— Glamour, "The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Finally Cast Its Models! Alanna Arrington, Maria Borges, & More," 23 Aug. 2017
Radioactive ‘pooh sticks’ trace carbon’s ocean journey.

— lorcan roche kelly, Bloomberg.com, "Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day," 17 Aug. 2017
A story of their remarkable journey, The Miracle of Life, sits in the entrance of the Kushner Companies’ headquarters at 666 Fifth Avenue.

— emily jane fox, The Hive, "The Myth of Jared and Ivanka Meets Charlottesville," 16 Aug. 2017
The squire to the formidable Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones has had quite a journey throughout Westeros, but doesn't personally have a ton to show for it.

— megan friedman, Esquire, "The Internet Can't Understand Why Podrick Payne Is Still So Bad at Fighting," 8 Aug. 2017
From Not to Hot — the show where Mama June revealed her crazy surgical weight loss journey.

— leanna commins, Cosmopolitan, ""Mama June: From Not to Hot" Is Back With a Second Season and a Pregnancy Announcement," 7 Aug. 2017
Wanting to understand how the wandering lizards managed to adapt to cold temperatures on their journey north, Campbell-Staton looked over several years at five populations of Anolis carolinensis living at different latitudes.

— elizabeth pennisi, Science | AAAS, "Cold snap makes lizards evolve in just a few months," 3 Aug. 2017

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The Latin adjective diurnus means “pertaining to a day, daily”; English diurnal stems ultimately from this word. When Latin developed into French, diurnus became a noun, jour, meaning simply “day” The medieval French derivative journee meant either “day” or “something done during the day,” such as work or travel. Middle English borrowed journee as journey in both senses, but only the sense “a day’s travel” survived into modern usage. In modern English, journey now refers to a trip without regard to the amount of time it takes. The verb journey developed from the noun and is first attested in the 14th century.

Origin and Etymology of journey

Middle English, from Anglo-French jurnee day, day's journey, from jur day, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin, neuter of diurnus — see journal

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First Known Use: 13th century

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journey Synonyms

Synonyms

expedition, passage, peregrination, travel (s), trek, trip

Related Words

commutation, commute, errand, excursion, flight, hop, jaunt, junket, outing, sally, sortie, tour; cruise, sail, voyage; drive, ride, spin; grand tour, odyssey, pilgrimage, progress, quest, safari; hike, slog, tramp, walk, walkabout

journey

verb

Definition of journey

journeyed; journeying

intransitive verb

:to go on a journey :travel

transitive verb

:to travel over or through

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journeyer

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Examples of journey in a Sentence

She was the first woman to journey into space.
an intense yearning to journey to distant lands

Recent Examples of journey from the Web

Sloane journeyed to Jamaica in 1687 as physician to the Duke of Albemarle, the new Governor.

— josephine livingstone, New Republic, "The British Museum Was Built on Coral, Butterflies, and Slavery," 24 Aug. 2017
The orchestra played with a great polish that journeyed from heroic to introspective and back again.

— peter dobrin, Philly.com, "Philly astronaut Bluford gets his props at the Mann - and a soaring orchestral number in his honor," 26 July 2017
But that problem is, to a degree, inherent in Orlandersmith's text, which journeys through several blocks of Harlem, as well as several decades of Diane's life, without getting much of anywhere.

— justin hayford, Chicago Reader, "Beauty’s Daughter is more showcase than show," 19 July 2017
Since our last update 10,000 miles ago, the Range Rover has journeyed to Chicago, Nashville, northwestern Indiana, Vermont, and far northern Michigan.

— alexander stoklosa, Car and Driver, "2016 Range Rover Td6 Diesel," 6 July 2017
My colleague Alice Martins recently journeyed with a detachment of SDF fighters to the Raqqa front.

— ishaan tharoor, chicagotribune.com, "Islamic State will lose Mosul and Raqqa. What happens next?," 5 July 2017
Bahamas rumors Authorities have investigated social media allegations, including Snapchat messages with other friends, that the boys were instead trying that day to journey to the Bahamas.

— marc freeman, Sun-Sentinel.com, "After tragedy at sea, a sharp divide emerges between teens’ families," 23 June 2017
A woman discovers her purpose while journeying through celebrity chef Julia Child’s life and recipes.

— liz biro, Indianapolis Star, "Best summer reads for food lovers at the Indy library," 21 June 2017
From there, the couple will journey to the Polish city of Gdansk.

— chelsea stone, CNT, "Prince William and Kate Middleton Are Gearing Up for a Royal Tour of Poland and Germany," 13 June 2017

Origin and Etymology of journey

see ¹journey

NEW! Time Traveler

First Known Use: 14th century

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journey Synonyms

Synonyms

travel, peregrinate, pilgrimage, tour, trek, trip, voyage

Related Words

gallivant (also galavant), hop, jaunt, knock (about), perambulate, ramble, roam, rove, traipse, wander; migrate, road-trip; bus, cab, coach, cruise, drive, fly, gig, jet, motor, navigate, ride, roll, sail, trundle; barnstorm

JOURNEY Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of journey for English Language Learners

: an act of traveling from one place to another

journey

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Definition of journey for English Language Learners

: to go on a journey

JOURNEY Defined for Kids

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noun jour·ney \ ˈjər-nē \

Definition of journey for Students

plural journeys

:an act of traveling from one place to another

Synonym Discussion of journey

journey, trip, and tour mean travel from one place to another. journey usually means traveling a long distance and often in dangerous or difficult circumstances.

- They made the long journey across the desert.

trip can be used when the traveling is brief, swift, or ordinary.

- We took our weekly trip to the store.

tour is used for a journey with several stops that ends at the place where it began.

- Sightseers took a tour of the city.

journey

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Definition of journey for Students

journeyed; journeying

:to travel to a distant place

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