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jour·ney  (jûrn)
n. pl. jour·neys
1.
a. The act of traveling from one place to another; 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; a passage: the journey of life.
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 *diurnta, from Late Latin diurnum, day, from neuter of Latin diurnus, of a day, from dis, day; see diary.]

journey·er n.

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
[from Old French journee a day, a day's travelling, from Latin diurnum day's portion; see diurnal]
journeyer  n

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.journeyjourney - the act of traveling from one place to another
travel, 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"
transit, passage - a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
expedition - a journey organized for a particular purpose
excursion, digression - wandering from the main path of a journey
schlep, shlep - a tedious or difficult 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"
pilgrim's journey, pilgrimage - 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"
Verb1.journeyjourney - undertake a journey or trip          
jaunt, travel, trip - make a trip for pleasure
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"
journey, travel - travel upon or across; "travel the oceans"
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.journeyjourney - 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"
journey, travel - undertake a journey or trip
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"

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
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]
Translations
journey [ˈdʒɜːnɪ]
A. N (= trip) → viaje m; (= distance) → trayecto m, tramo m (LAm)
Scott's journey to the Polela expedición de Scott al Polo
the capsule's journey through spaceel trayecto de la cápsula por el espacio
have you much journey left?¿le queda mucho camino?
to break one's journeyhacer una parada
to reach one's journey's endllegar al final de su viaje, llegar a su destino
at journey's endal fin del viaje
to be on a journeyestar de viaje
to go on a journeyhacer un viaje
to send sb on a journeyenviar a algn de viaje
the outward journeyel viaje de ida
pleasant journey!¡buen viaje!
the return journeyel viaje de vuelta
B. VIviajar

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
[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
vivoyager
to journey southwards → voyager vers le sud journey time
journey time ndurée f du trajet

journey
nReise f; (by car, train etc also) → Fahrt f; to go on a journeyeine Reise machen, verreisen; they have gone on a journeysie sind verreist; to set out on one’s journeyabreisen; to set out on a journeyeine Reise antreten; it’s a journey of 50 miles or a 50-mile journeyes liegt 50 Meilen entfernt; from X to Y is a journey of 50 miles/two hourses sind 50 Meilen/zwei Stunden (Fahrt) von X nach Y; a two-day journeyeine Zweitagereise; it’s a two-day journey to get to … from hereman braucht zwei Tage, um von hier nach … zu kommen; a bus/train journeyeine Bus-/Zugfahrt; the journey homedie Heimreise, die Heimfahrt; he has quite a journey to get to worker 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 lifesein Lebensweg m; a journey of discoveryeine Entdeckungsreise
vireisen; to journey onweiterreisen

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
2. viviaggiare

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
2. viviaggiare

journey
n journey [ˈdʒəːni]
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. reis سَفْرَه، رِحْلَه пътуване cesta rejse; tur die Reise ταξίδι, διαδρομή viaje teekond سفر matka voyage, trajet מָסָע यात्रा putovanje út; utazás perjalanan ferðalag viaggio 旅行 (육상의 긴) 여행 kelionė brauciens; ceļojums perjalanan reis reise podróż viagem călă­torie поездка; путешествие cesta potovanje putovanje resa การเดินทาง yolculuk, seyahat 旅程 подорож; поїздка سفر quãng đường
v
to travel. gereis يُسافِر пътешествам cestovat rejse reisen ταξιδεύω viajar reisima مسافرت کردن matkustaa voyager לִנסוֹע यात्रा करना putovati utazik bepergian ferðast viaggiare 旅行する 여행하다 keliauti ceļot berjalan reizen reise podróżować viajar a călători путешествовать cestovať potovati putovati resa เดินทาง yolculuk/seyahat etmek 旅行 подорожувати; робити рейс سفر کرنا đi

journey رحلة cesta rejse Reise ταξίδι trayecto matka trajet putovanje viaggio 旅行 여행 reis reise podróż jornada путешествие resa การเดินทาง yolculuk cuộc hành trình 旅行


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