JOURNEY

journey, journeying

(noun) the act of traveling from one place to another

travel, journey

(verb) undertake a journey or trip

travel, journey

(verb) travel upon or across; “travel the oceans”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Proper noun

Journey

A female given name from English.

Etymology

Noun

journey (plural journeys)

A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.

(metaphorical) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.

(obsolete) A day.

(obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.

(obsolete) A day's work.

The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.

(collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.

Hyponyms

• See also journey

Verb

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

To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

Synonyms

• wayfare

Source: Wiktionary

Jour"ney, n.; pl. Journeys. Etym: [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; hence, figuratively, a passage through life. The good man . . . is gone a long journey. Prov. vii. 19. We must all have the same journey's end. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Syn.

– Tour; excursion; trip; expedition; pilgrimage.

– 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, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Journeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Journeying.]

Definition: 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, v. t.

Definition: To traverse; to travel over or through. [R.] "I journeyed many a land." Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition