Definition of journey

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jour·ney    (jûrn) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. jour·neys

1. 1. The act of traveling from one place to another; a trip.
   2. A distance to be traveled or the time required for a trip: a 2,000-mile journey to the Pacific; the three-day journey home.
2. A process or course likened to traveling; a passage: the journey of life.

VERB:
jour·neyed, jour·ney·ing, jour·neys
VERB:
intr.

To make a journey; travel.

VERB:
tr.

To travel over or through.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English journei, day, day's travel, journey, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnta, from Late Latin diurnum, day, from neuter of Latin diurnus, of a day, from dis, day ; see diary

OTHER FORMS:
journey·er(Noun)