Definitions for journeyˈdʒɜr ni

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jour•neyˈdʒɜr ni(n.; v.)(pl.)-neys

  1. (n.)a traveling from one place to another, usu. taking a rather long time; trip.

  2. a distance or course traveled.

  3. a period of travel.

  4. passage or progress from one stage to another:

    the journey to success.

  5. (v.i.)to make a journey; travel.

Origin of journey:

1175–1225; ME journee day < OF < VL *diurnāta a day's time, day's work

jour′ney•er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. journey, journeying(verb)

    the act of traveling from one place to another

  2. travel, journey(verb)

    undertake a journey or trip

  3. travel, journey(verb)

    travel upon or across

    "travel the oceans"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. journey(noun)ˈdʒɜr ni

    a long, difficult, and often adventurous trip

    a journey into outer space

  2. journeyˈdʒɜr ni

    a trip from one place to another

    the return train journey

Wiktionary

  1. journey(Noun)

    A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.

  2. journey(Noun)

    A day.

  3. journey(Noun)

    A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.

  4. journey(Noun)

    A day's work.

  5. journey(Verb)

    To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Journey(noun)

    the travel or work of a day

  2. Journey(noun)

    travel or passage from one place to another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life

  3. Journey(verb)

    to travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance

  4. Journey(verb)

    to traverse; to travel over or through


Translations for journey

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

journey(noun)

a distance travelled, especially over land; an act of travelling

By train, it is a two-hour journey from here to the coast; I'm going on a long journey.

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