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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
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.
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.
jur'ny. [L. diurnus, dies.]
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.
jur'ny. To travel form place to place; to pass from home to a distance.
Abram journeyed, going on still towards the south. Gen.12.

Definition 2024


Journey

Journey

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English

Proper noun

Journey

  1. A female given name

journey

journey

See also: Journey

English

Noun

journey (plural journeys)

  1. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
  2. (obsolete) A day.
  3. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
  4. (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

Hyponyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:journey

Translations

Verb

journey (third-person singular simple present journeys, present participle journeying, simple past and past participle journeyed)

  1. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

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