Definitions for voyageˈvɔɪ ɪdʒ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

voy•ageˈvɔɪ ɪdʒ(n.; v.)-aged, -ag•ing.

  1. (n.)a course of travel or passage, esp. a long journey by water to a distant place.

  2. a passage or journey through air or space.

  3. a journey or expedition by land.

  4. Often, voyages. journeys or travels as the subject of a written account, or the account itself.

  5. Obs. an enterprise or undertaking.

  6. (v.i.)to make or take a voyage; travel; journey.

  7. (v.t.)to traverse by a voyage.

Origin of voyage:

1250–1300; ME ve(i)age, viage, voyage < AF, OF < L viāticum travel-money; see viaticum

voy′ag•er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ocean trip, voyage(noun)

    an act of traveling by water

  2. voyage(verb)

    a journey to some distant place

  3. voyage, sail, navigate(verb)

    travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

    "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. voyage(noun)ˈvɔɪ ɪdʒ

    a long journey, often by ship

    a voyage of discovery across the ocean

Wiktionary

  1. voyage(Noun)

    A long journey; especially by ship.

  2. voyage(Verb)

    To go on a long journey.

  3. Origin: viage, from viage, from voiage, from viaticum. The modern spelling is under the influence of Modern voyage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Voyage(noun)

    formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country

  2. Voyage(noun)

    the act or practice of traveling

  3. Voyage(noun)

    course; way

  4. Voyage(verb)

    to take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water

  5. Voyage(verb)

    to travel; to pass over; to traverse


Translations for voyage

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

voyage(noun)

a usually long journey, especially by sea

The voyage to America used to take many weeks.

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