journey

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɝni/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of traveling from one place to another
  2. verb undertake a journey or trip
  3. verb travel upon or across

Etymology

From Middle English journe, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from diēs (“day”). Displaced native Old English fær and Old English faru.

In classic literature

Synonyms

journeying

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
travel
Narrower (hyponyms)
schlep, excursion, pilgrimage, passage, digression, trek

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