journey
nounverbnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈd͡ʒɜːni//
- United States//ˈd͡ʒɝni//
A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
noun
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A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
The journey to London takes two hours by train.
“Don't set out on a journey using someone else's donkey.” ~ African proverb
Or is it, that when human Souls a journey long have had, / And are returned into themselves, they cannot be but sad?
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figurativeAny process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
the journey to political freedom
my journey of dealing with grief
Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
That progress has taken over ten years and £20 million to bring to fruition. But, as Mands explains, the journey has been one that HSG has been almost obligated to undertake. "First and foremost, this is an environmental project," she says.
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The progress of a customer through a system, often a computer system.
We need to map out the user journey and make it more efficient.
a customer journey
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obsoleteA day.
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obsoleteA day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
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obsoleteA day's work.
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
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The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
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A group of giraffes.
Luckily, we saw journeys of giraffes countless times during our six days on safari in South Africa.
Rolande Bragg (7 December 2023), “The Riding Romance”, in capocagin (Usenet): “Don't be surprised to see elephants or a journey of giraffes pass you from this high point. We rode here for a treehouse brunch and encountered a few elephants along the way.”
Josette King (15 April 2012), “Postcard from Eden”, in JosetteKing.com, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2024: “But Apollo awaits, eager to shown me crowned cranes dancing their mating dance in the morning sun, prides of lions lounging in the reeds, journeys of giraffes strutting across the plain and birds galore.”
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Life on Earth.
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.
verb
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To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
The arrangement for certain long-distance trains to call at suburban stations (saving passengers the trouble of journeying to the termini), which proved popular last year, is being extended.
noun
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The total time spent melting and working one piece.
Etymology
Reborrowing from French journée (day's activities), originally an unadapted borrowing from French journée, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.
Forms
- plural
- journeys
- past tense
- journeyed
- past participle
- journeyed
- present participle
- journeying
- third person singular
- journeys
journey · A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
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