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plural journeys
Definition of journey
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
journey
verbjourneyed; journeying
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The first known use of journey was in the 13th century
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