What does "journey" mean?
A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
Journey
/ˈd͡ʒɝni/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
- Grammar: journey is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: trip, betaking, campaign, caravan.
- Useful contrasts: degenerate, halt, immobility.
- Usage evidence: We had to walk the last leg of the journey.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
"The journey to London takes two hours by train."
- 2 The total time spent melting and working one piece.
- 3 the act of traveling from one place to another wordnet
- 4 Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development. figuratively
"the journey to political freedom"
- 5 A day. obsolete
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- 6 A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day. obsolete
- 7 A day's work. obsolete
"But whan ye haue done that Iourney ye shal promyse me as ye are a true knyght for to go with me and to helpe me / and other damoysels that are distressid dayly with a fals knyghte / All your entente damoysel and desyre I wylle fulfylle / soo ye wyl brynge me vnto this knyghte"
- 8 The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
- 9 A group of giraffes. collective, colloquial
Verb
- 1 To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
"The arrangement for certain long-distance trains to call at suburban stations (saving passengers the trouble of journeying to the termini), which proved popular last year, is being extended."
- 2 undertake a journey or trip wordnet
- 3 travel upon or across wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from English.
"Mama named me Journey. Journey, as if somehow she wished her restlessness on me."
Antonyms
Example
"We had to walk the last leg of the journey."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "journey"?
Common synonyms include: trip, betaking, campaign, caravan, caravans, career.
How do you use "journey" in a sentence?
We had to walk the last leg of the journey.
How do you pronounce "journey"?
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɝni/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English journe, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from diēs (“day”). Displaced native Old English fær and Old English faru.
Etymology 2
Reborrowing from French journée (day's activities), originally an unadapted borrowing from French journée, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.
Etymology 3
From journey at the end of the 20th century.