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jour·ney
(jûr′nē)n. pl. jour·neys
1.
a. The act of traveling from one place to another, especially when involving a considerable distance; a trip.
b. A distance to be traveled or the time required for a trip: a 2,000-mile journey to the Pacific; the three-day journey home.
2. A process or course likened to traveling, such as a series of trying experiences; a passage: the journey from addiction to recovery.
v. jour·neyed, jour·ney·ing, jour·neys
v.intr.
To make a journey; travel.
v.tr.
To travel over or through.
[Middle English journei, day, day's travel, journey, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, day, from neuter of Latin diurnus, of a day, from diēs, day; see diary.]
jour′ney·er n.
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journey
(ˈdʒɜːnɪ)n
1. a travelling from one place to another; trip or voyage
2.
a. the distance travelled in a journey
b. the time taken to make a journey
vb
(intr) to make a journey
[C13: from Old French journee a day, a day's travelling, from Latin diurnum day's portion; see diurnal]
ˈjourneyer n
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jour•ney
(ˈdʒɜr ni)n., pl. -neys,
v. n.
1. 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.
v.i. 5. to make a journey; travel.
[1175–1225; Middle English journee day < Old French < Vulgar Latin *diurnāta a day's time, day's work]
jour′ney•er, n.
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Journey
a load or amount carried on one journey; a batch minted together; a military expedition; a meeting held on a particular day for public business; a diet; 720 ounces or 2,000 gold coins.Examples: journey of coins; of corn, 1859; of silver; of spurs, 1529.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
journey
– trip – voyage – excursion1. 'journey'
A journey is the process of travelling from one place to another by land, air, or sea.
There is a direct train from London Paddington to Penzance. The journey takes around 5 hours.
This service will save thousands of long-distance lorry journeys on Britain's roads.
2. 'trip'
A trip is the process of travelling from one place to another, staying there, usually for a short time, and coming back again.
Lucy is away on a business trip to Milan.
They went on a day trip to the seaside.
3. 'voyage'
A voyage is a long journey from one place to another in a ship or spacecraft.
The ship's voyage is over.
...the voyage to the moon in 1972.
4. 'excursion'
An excursion is a short trip made either as a tourist or in order to do a particular thing.
The tourist office organizes excursions to the palace.
5. verbs used with 'journey', 'trip', 'voyage' and 'excursion'
You make or go on a journey.
He made the long journey to India.
You take or go on a trip.
We took a bus trip to Manchester.
You make a voyage.
The ship made the 4,000-kilometre voyage across the Atlantic.
You go on an excursion.
Students went on an excursion to the Natural History Museum.
Be Careful!
Don't use 'do' with any of these words. Don't say, for example, 'We did a bus trip'.
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journey
Past participle: journeyed
Gerund: journeying
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| Noun | 1. |  journey - the act of traveling from one place to anothertravel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" stage, leg - a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" commute - a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute" ride, drive - a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car" long haul - a journey over a long distance; "it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles" mush - a journey by dogsled odyssey - a long wandering and eventful journey trip - a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center" expedition - a journey organized for a particular purpose excursion, digression - wandering from the main path of a journey trek - a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers) tour, circuit - a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" pilgrimage, pilgrim's journey - a journey to a sacred place excursion, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, junket, sashay, expedition - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" voyage - a journey to some distant place way - a journey or passage; "they are on the way" |
| Verb | 1. |  journey - undertake a journey or trip tour - make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer" globe-trot - travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing sledge - ride in or travel with a sledge; "the antarctic expedition sledged along the coastline"; "The children sledged all day by the lake" navigate, voyage, sail - travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" trek - make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis" trek - journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas" |
| 2. |  journey - travel upon or across; "travel the oceans"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" sail - traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone" ship - travel by ship ride - ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of California" fly - travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" cruise - drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure; "She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible" |
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journey
noun
1. trip, drive, tour, flight, excursion, progress, cruise, passage, trek, outing, expedition, voyage, ramble, jaunt, peregrination, travel a journey from Manchester to Plymouth
2. progress, passage, voyage, pilgrimage, odyssey My films try to describe a journey of discovery.
verb
1. travel, go, move, walk, fly, range, cross, tour, progress, proceed, fare, wander, trek, voyage, roam, ramble, traverse, rove, wend, go walkabout (Austral.), peregrinate She has journeyed on horseback through Africa and Turkey.
Quotations
"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step" [Lao-tze Tao Te Ching]
"A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it" [John Steinbeck Travels With Charley]
"Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order" [Katherine Mansfield]
"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step" [Lao-tze Tao Te Ching]
"A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it" [John Steinbeck Travels With Charley]
"Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order" [Katherine Mansfield]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
journey
verb1. To make or go on a journey:
Idiom: hit the road.
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Translations
رِحْلَةٌسَفْرَه، رِحْلَهيُسافِر
cestacestovat
rejsetur
matka
putovanje
ferîalagferîast
旅行
여행
keliautikelionė
brauciensceļojumsceļot
potovanje
resa
การเดินทาง
hành trình
journey
[ˈdʒɜːnɪ]A. N (= trip) → viaje m; (= distance) → trayecto m, tramo m (LAm)
Scott's journey to the Pole → la expedición de Scott al Polo
the capsule's journey through space → el trayecto de la cápsula por el espacio
have you much journey left? → ¿le queda mucho camino?
to break one's journey → hacer una parada
to reach one's journey's end → llegar al final de su viaje, llegar a su destino
at journey's end → al fin del viaje
to be on a journey → estar de viaje
to go on a journey → hacer un viaje
to send sb on a journey → enviar a algn de viaje
the outward journey → el viaje de ida
pleasant journey! → ¡buen viaje!
the return journey → el viaje de vuelta
Scott's journey to the Pole → la expedición de Scott al Polo
the capsule's journey through space → el trayecto de la cápsula por el espacio
have you much journey left? → ¿le queda mucho camino?
to break one's journey → hacer una parada
to reach one's journey's end → llegar al final de su viaje, llegar a su destino
at journey's end → al fin del viaje
to be on a journey → estar de viaje
to go on a journey → hacer un viaje
to send sb on a journey → enviar a algn de viaje
the outward journey → el viaje de ida
pleasant journey! → ¡buen viaje!
the return journey → el viaje de vuelta
B. VI → viajar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
journey
[ˈdʒɜːrni] n
[traveller] → voyage m
I don't like long journeys → Je n'aime pas les longs voyages.
to go on a journey → faire un voyage
a 5-hour journey → un voyage de 5 heures
the journey back → le retour
I don't like long journeys → Je n'aime pas les longs voyages.
to go on a journey → faire un voyage
a 5-hour journey → un voyage de 5 heures
the journey back → le retour
[worker, school student] (= distance covered in bus, car, train) → trajet m
The journey to school takes about half an hour → Il y a une demi-heure de trajet pour aller à l'école.
a three-hour journey there and a three-hour journey back → un trajet de trois heures pour s'y rendre et un autre trajet de trois heures pour revenir
a bus journey → un trajet en autobus
the journey home (from school, work) → le retour
The journey to school takes about half an hour → Il y a une demi-heure de trajet pour aller à l'école.
a three-hour journey there and a three-hour journey back → un trajet de trois heures pour s'y rendre et un autre trajet de trois heures pour revenir
a bus journey → un trajet en autobus
the journey home (from school, work) → le retour
vi → voyager
to journey southwards → voyager vers le sud journey timejourney time n → durée f du trajet
to journey southwards → voyager vers le sud journey timejourney time n → durée f du trajet
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
journey
n → Reise f; (by car, train etc also) → Fahrt f; to go on a journey → eine Reise machen, verreisen; they have gone on a journey → sie sind verreist; to set out on one’s journey → abreisen; to set out on a journey → eine Reise antreten; it’s a journey of 50 miles or a 50-mile journey → es liegt 50 Meilen entfernt; from X to Y is a journey of 50 miles/two hours → es sind 50 Meilen/zwei Stunden (Fahrt) von X nach Y; a two-day journey → eine Zweitagereise; it’s a two-day journey to get to … from here → man braucht zwei Tage, um von hier nach … zu kommen; a bus/train journey → eine Bus-/Zugfahrt; the journey home → die Heimreise, die Heimfahrt; he has quite a journey to get to work → er muss ziemlich weit fahren, um zur Arbeit zu kommen; to reach one’s journey’s end (liter) → am Ziel der Reise angelangt sein; his journey through life → sein Lebensweg m; a journey of discovery → eine Entdeckungsreise
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
journey
[ˈdʒɜːnɪ]1. n (trip) → viaggio; (distance, time) → tragitto
a 5-hour journey → un viaggio or un tragitto di 5 ore
to reach one's journey's end (liter) → giungere a destinazione
the outward/return journey → il viaggio di andata/di ritorno
the journey there and back → il viaggio di andata e ritorno
a 5-hour journey → un viaggio or un tragitto di 5 ore
to reach one's journey's end (liter) → giungere a destinazione
the outward/return journey → il viaggio di andata/di ritorno
the journey there and back → il viaggio di andata e ritorno
2. vi → viaggiare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
journey
(ˈdʒəːni) 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.
verb to travel.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
journey
→ رِحْلَةٌ cesta rejse Reise ταξίδι trayecto matka trajet putovanje viaggio 旅行 여행 reis reise podróż jornada путешествие resa การเดินทาง yolculuk hành trình 旅行Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- How long is the trip? (US)
How long is the journey? (UK) - The trip takes two hours (US)
The journey takes two hours (UK)
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