- journey
- I UK [ˈdʒɜː(r)nɪ] / US [ˈdʒɜrnɪ]
noun [countable]
Word forms "journey":
singular journey plural journeys
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1) an occasion when you travel from one place to another, especially when there is a long distance between the placesWe had a long journey ahead of us.
journey to/from/through etc:Our parents wished us a safe journey as we drove away.
make a journey:It's a seven-hour journey to Boston from here.
start/set out on/set off on a journey:He makes the journey to Moscow three times a year.
train/car/bus etc journey:They set off on the long journey home.
outward/return journey (= the journey away from/back to your home):They now faced a twelve-hour train journey.
an accident during the return journey
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Collocations:
Adjectives frequently used with journey
▪ arduous, epic, gruelling, hazardous, long, perilous, short2) literary a process of changing and developing over a period of timea spiritual journey
our journey through life
II UK [ˈdʒɜː(r)nɪ] / US [ˈdʒɜrnɪ] verb [intransitive]
Word forms "journey":
present tense I/you/we/they journey he/she/it journeys present participle journeying past tense journeyed past participle journeyed formalto travel somewherejourney to/from/through etc:In the spring, they journeyed onwards to Mexico City.
English dictionary. 2014.