journey

  • 31journey — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trip, tour; voyage, cruise, crossing; expedition; tramp, hike; pilgrimage, hadj; caravan; trek. v. travel; voyage, sail, cross; tour, roam, range, venture, explore; ride, drive, motor. See motion. II… …

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  • 32journey — [13] Etymologically, a journey is a ‘day’s’ travel. The word comes via Old French jornee from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta. This in turn was derived from Latin diurnum ‘daily allowance or ration’, a noun use of the adjective diurnus ‘daily’, which was… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 33journey — jour•ney [[t]ˈdʒɜr ni[/t]] n. pl. neys, v. 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… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 34journey — /ˈdʒɜni / (say jernee) noun (plural journeys) 1. a course of travel from one place to another, especially by land. 2. a distance travelled, or suitable for travelling, in a specified time: a day s journey. –verb (i) (journeyed, journeying) 3. to… …

  • 35journey — [13] Etymologically, a journey is a ‘day’s’ travel. The word comes via Old French jornee from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta. This in turn was derived from Latin diurnum ‘daily allowance or ration’, a noun use of the adjective diurnus ‘daily’, which was… …

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  • 36journey — 1. noun /ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)ni/ A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage. But whan ye have done that journey, ye shall promyse me, as ye ar a trew knyght, for to go and helpe me and other damesels that ar dystressed dayly …

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  • 37journey — Synonyms and related words: campaign, career, circuit, course, cruise, excursion, expedition, fare, gad about, gallivant, globe trot, go, go abroad, go on safari, go overseas, grand tour, hie, hit the trail, jaunt, journeyings, journeys, junket,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 38journey — noun (plural journeys) an act of travelling from one place to another. verb (journeys, journeying, journeyed) go on a journey; travel. Derivatives journeyer noun Origin ME: from OFr. jornee day, a day s travel, a day s work , based on L. diurnum… …

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  • 39journey — 1. noun his journey round the world Syn: trip, expedition, tour, trek, voyage, cruise, ride, drive, crossing, passage, flight, odyssey, pilgrimage 2. verb they journeyed south Syn …

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  • 40journey — / dʒɜ:ni/ noun a long trip, especially a trip made by a salesperson ● She planned her journey so that she could visit all her accounts in two days …

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