Definition of journey
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
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That was what our counterterrorism partners wanted to see from us: the journey, if not the destination.
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In a report by Sky Sports, the Polish shot-stopper was said to have made the journey to Turin to undergo medical examinations as part of an upcoming permanent £14m deal.
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Cities like Lisbon and Porto and also Madeira, Algarve, and Azores are ideal hubs to kickstart your journey, with a variety of wildly diverse destinations nearby.
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The six-girl team and their chaperone completed their journey just after midnight from their hometown of Herat, Afghanistan, to enter their ball-sorting robot in the three-day high school competition starting Sunday in the U.S. capital.
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A few of Caesar’s comrades follow him on his journey to find the Colonel.
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James Jordan’s shirt went on an unusual journey before resurfacing at Green’s trial, the defense document says.
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So lucky to have this time and journey every summer.
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Marc Raciti and his journey through post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Did You Know?
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
journey
Definition of journey
journeyed
;journeying
intransitive verb
: to go on a journey : travel
transitive verb
: to travel over or through
journeyer
nounExamples of journey in a Sentence
She was the first woman to journey into space.
an intense yearning to journey to distant lands
Origin and Etymology of journey
see 1journey
JOURNEY Defined for English Language Learners
journey
playDefinition of journey for English Language Learners
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: an act of traveling from one place to another
journey
Definition of journey for English Language Learners
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: to go on a journey
JOURNEY Defined for Kids
Definition of journey for Students
journeys
: an act of traveling from one place to another
Definition of journey for Students
journeyed
;journeying
: to travel to a distant place
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