- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Pronunciation
- 1.3.1 Hyponyms
- 1.3.2 Derived terms
- 1.3.3 Translations
- 1.4.1 Synonyms
- 1.4.2 Translations
- 1.5 Further reading
English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ].
From Middle English journe , jorney , 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 ” ) . Displaced native Old English fær and Old English faru .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
- ( General American ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈd͡ʒɝni/
- ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈd͡ʒɜːni/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ni
Noun [ edit ]
journey ( plural journeys )
- 1807 , William Wordsworth , “Star Gazers”, in Poems, in Two Volumes , volume I, London: [ … ] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme , [ … ] , →OCLC , page 88 : Or is it, that when human Souls a journey long have had, / And are returned into themselves, they cannot be but sad?
- 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski , “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist [1] , volume 100 , number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017 , 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.
- 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL , number 999 , page 39 : That progress has taken over ten years and £20 million to bring to fruition. But, as Mands explains, the journey has been one that HSG has been almost obligated to undertake. "First and foremost, this is an environmental project," she says.
- ( obsolete ) A day .
- ( obsolete ) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
- 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory , “ 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 (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint .
- ( collective , colloquial ) A group of giraffes .
Hyponyms [ edit ]
- See also Thesaurus:journey
Derived terms [ edit ]
- a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- memory journey
- Sabbath-day's journey
- wedding journey
Verb [ edit ]
journey ( third-person singular simple present journeys , present participle journeying , simple past and past participle journeyed )
- 1951 June, “British Railways Summer Services”, in Railway Magazine , page 419 : 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.
Synonyms [ edit ]
Further reading [ edit ].
- “ journey ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
- “ journey ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
- “ journey ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
Middle English [ edit ]
- Alternative form of journe
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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noun as in travel from one place to another
Strongest matches
- exploration
Strong matches
- constitutional
- peregrination
- transmigration
- vagabondage
verb as in travel
- peregrinate
Weak matches
- knock about
- take a trip
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If either is selected, it would not launch until 2026 at the earliest, and would take at least a few months to make the journey.
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The next day, after driving to Putney on the outskirts of London, we start the end of our journey.
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With a hammer the boy knocked off some of the slats of the small box in which Squinty had made his journey.
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But dismissing them from our thoughts for the time being, as we did then from our presence, let us continue our journey.
If the journey is now distasteful to her, she has but her own rashness to blame in having sought it herself.
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road, way, journey
If you are imper vi ous to things, such as someone's actions or words, you are not affected by them or do not notice them.
To ob vi ate a problem is to eliminate it or do something that makes sol vi ng the problem unnecessary.
When someone's beha vi or is de vi ating, they do things differently by departing or straying from their usual way of acting.
Something tri vi al is of little value or is not important.
A de vi ous person can act in a dishonest, tricky, or secretive way for their own purposes.
Something ob vi ous is easy to see or simple to understand.
Something that happened at a pre vi ous time happened earlier or before the present time.
document effecting a property transfer
escort in transit
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
markedly different from an accepted norm
deviousness
the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
a diplomat ha vi ng less authority than an ambassador
something of small importance
make tri vi al or insignificant
bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley
travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
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