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Webster 1913 Edition
Journey
Jour′ney
,Noun.
pl.
Journeys
(#)
. [OE.
jornee
, journee
, prop., a day’s journey, OF. jornée
, jurnée
, a day, a day's work of journey, F. journée
, fr. OF. jorn
, jurn
, jor
a day, F. jour
, fr. L. diurnus
. See Journal
.] 1.
The travel or work of a day.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
We have yet large day, for scarce the sun
Hath finished half his
Hath finished half his
journey
. Milton.
2.
Travel or passage from one place to another, especially one covering a large distance or taking a long time.
The good man . . . is gone a long
journey
. Prov. vii. 19.
Syn. – Tour; excursion; trip; expedition; pilgrimage; jaunt.
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Journey
, Tour
, Excursion
, Pilgrimage
. The word journey suggests the idea of a somewhat prolonged traveling for a specific object, leading a person to pass directly from one point to another. In a tour, we take a roundabout course from place to place, more commonly for pleasure, though sometimes on business. An excursion is usually a brief tour or trip for pleasure, health, etc. In a pilgrimage we travel to a place hallowed by our religions affections, or by some train of sacred or tender associations. A journey on important business; the tour of Europe; an excursion to the lakes; a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Jour′ney
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Journeyed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Journeying
.] To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.
Abram
journeyed
, going on still toward the south. Gen. xii. 9.
Jour′ney
,Verb.
T.
To traverse; to travel over or through.
[R.]
“I journeyed many a land.” Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Journey
JOURNEY
,Noun.
1.
The travel of a day.2.
Travel by land to any distance and for any time, indefinitely; as a journey from London to Paris, or to Rome; a journey to visit a brother; a week's journey; we made two journeys to Philadelphia.3.
Passage form one place to another; as a long journey from the upper regions.4.
It may sometimes include a passing by water.JOURNEY
,Verb.
I.
Abram journeyed, going on still towards the south. Gen.12.
Definition 2025
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See also: Journey
English
Noun
journey (plural journeys)
- A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
- 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171:
- Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
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- (obsolete) A day.
- (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
- (obsolete) A day's work.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter vij, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:
- 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
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter vij, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:
Hyponyms
- See also Wikisaurus:journey
Translations
trip, a voyage
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Verb
journey (third-person singular simple present journeys, present participle journeying, simple past and past participle journeyed)
Synonyms
Translations
to travel, to make a trip or voyage
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