Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of traveling from one place to another; a trip.
- n. 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.
- n. A process or course likened to traveling; a passage: the journey of life.
- v. To make a journey; travel.
- v. To travel over or through.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A day's work, occupation, or travel; a day of battle or of toil of any kind; hence, labor; work; service; task; trouble.
- n. A course of travel or transit, as from one place to another, or indefinitely from point to point in space or time: as, a journey; from London to Paris or to Rome; a week's journey; the journey of life.
- n. In glass-making, a single cycle or round of work, in which the raw materials are converted into glass, and the glass is withdrawn from the pots in which it has been melted; the time employed in converting a certain quantity of material into glass.
- n. The weight of finished coins delivered simultaneously to the master of the British mint. This journey or journey-weight, on which the trial of the pyx depends, is understood to be what could be completed in a day when the operations of coining were done by hand. Its amount is 15 pounds troy of gold (coined into 701 sovereigns, or 1,402 half-sovereigns) or 60 pounds troy of silver.
- To make a journey; travel; go from place to place.
Wiktionary
- n. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
- n. obsolete A day.
- n. obsolete A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
- n. obsolete A day's work.
- v. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete The travel or work of a day.
- n. Travel or passage from one place to another, especially one covering a large distance or taking a long time.
- n. A passage through life, or a passage through any significant experience, or from one state to another.
- n. The distance that is traveled in a journey{2}, or the time taken to complete a journey{2}.
- v. To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.
- v. rare To traverse; to travel over or through.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of traveling from one place to another
- v. travel upon or across
- v. undertake a journey or trip
Etymologies
- From Middle English journee, from Old French jornee, from Medieval Latin diurnata ("a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day"), from Latin diurnus ("daily"), from diēs ("day"). (Wiktionary)
- 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. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“From Amsterdam: The train journey is approximately 3 hours.”
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“From Rotterdam to Delft, all the way by the canal, allowing for the détour via Schiedam, is less than twenty kilometres, and the journey is short for any sort of an automobile that will go beyond a snail's pace.”
“This journey is as much about Lillian becoming alive again, and becoming an”
“Canada to a beautiful winery in British Columbia, her journey is awash in memories of family and childhood, especially those of her younger sister,”
“Accompanying Melody on this journey is a deeply rewarding experience.”
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“They go to sea, determined to return to Scandinavia to fight the spread of Christianity, but for Harald the journey is also a personal one to discover his own origins.”
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“However, the journey is as important as the destination.”
“My question (s) to the community: What's the best route to travel heading out from Zamora, keeping in mind that the journey is as important as the destination?”
“Like all adventures, the journey is a little more stable if we have a map.”
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“This journey is a fascinating read, made even more intimate and fulfilling by Wil's narrative.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘journey’.
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grade 3
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Tati's list
comfortable
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
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Band or Brand?
Band names that are also common words or phrases.
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POL - campaign tokenisms
Positive words and vague promises. THE words and expressions to use when you want to win over the masses or just don't know what to say.
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things (good)
things you may rise above with.
goto things (bad)
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Lifehacking
Start with the effect, the what; signal-patch known-belief spirit. "Write my program, routine me." New cue vs brand loyalty. Ritual Ceremony Design Technologies, Inc.
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Inspiring words!
Words that inspire you to write.
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Words that have been used as baby names, including virtue names, nature names, place names, etc.
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
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Samme's Words
soliloquy, meander, creativity, magic, discovery, happiness, empowerment, abundance, [magnificent], iridescent, artistic, magical and 694 more...
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my dictionary
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a few of my favorite words
these are some of my favorite words...
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Tweets
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hernesheir Most vagabonds I knowed
Don't ever want to find the culprit
That remains the object
Of their long relentless quest -
The obsession's in the chasing
And not the apprehending -
Its the pursuit you seek and never the arrest.
from Tom Waits' Foreign Affair Nov 5, 2009
oroboros It's not the destination... Nov 5, 2009
bilby
I do not resemble your other lovers, my lady
should another give you a cloud
I give you rain
Should he give you a lantern, I
will give you the moon
Should he give you a branch
I will give you the trees
And if another gives you a ship
I shall give you the journey.
- Nizar Qabbani, 'Love Compared'. Sep 29, 2008