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journey noun [C] ( TRIP )
- She gave the children some sweets to chew on during the long car journey.
- The journey was quite quick because the road was clear .
- I expect you'd like to rest after your long journey.
- We did the journey to Wales in five hours .
- The train journey took us through a valley past rolling hills .
- break-journey
- circumnavigation
journey noun [C] ( EXPERIENCES )
- advance the cause
- advancement
- formatively
- from A to B idiom
- progressive
- progressively
- punctuated equilibrium
journey noun [C] ( BOOK )
- absorptive capacity
- acquisition
- hit the books idiom
- mug (something) up
- non-academic
- recognition
- subspecialty
- swot up (something)
- uncredentialed
- around Robin Hood's barn idiom
- communication
- super-commuting
- transoceanic
- well travelled
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Definition of journey noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- They went on a long train journey across India.
- to begin/continue/complete a journey
- Many refugees made the journey alone.
- Did you have a good journey?
- the outward/return journey
- We broke our journey (= stopped for a short time) in Madrid.
- (British English) Don't use the car for short journeys.
- It's a day's journey by car.
- The average journey time is about 50 minutes.
- on a journey She took her sister with her to keep her company on the journey.
- journey from… Devizes is a two-hour journey from London.
- journey to… It is unclear why he embarked on his final journey to Vienna.
- (British English) I'm afraid you've had a wasted journey (= you cannot do what you have come to do) .
- (informal) Bye! Safe journey! (= used when somebody is beginning a journey)
- a business trip
- a five-minute trip by taxi
- a long and difficult journey across the mountains
- a tour of Bavaria
- the first expedition to the South Pole
- We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
- The children were on a day’s outing from school.
- We had a day out at the beach.
- a(n) foreign/overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
- a bus/coach/train/rail trip/journey/tour
- to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing/day out
- to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
- to make a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
- destination
- measures to cut the number of car journeys into the city
- He is planning a journey through Europe this summer.
- People were crammed onto ships for the dangerous journey across the Atlantic.
- Dawn was breaking as we set out on the last leg of our journey.
- Few people have made this journey and lived to tell the tale.
- He made the emotional journey back to the house he grew up in.
- He wrote a column chronicling his journeys around the Americas.
- Her search took her on an incredible journey across the world.
- The bus driver told us where to change buses for our onward journey.
- The bus journey from London to Athens took 60 hours.
- The journey continued in silence.
- The journey takes about five hours.
- They continued their journey on foot.
- They doubted that he would survive the journey to the nearest hospital.
- They were on a journey to the Far East.
- This is the story of the first astronauts and their journey into the unknown.
- take (somebody)
- be tired after a journey
- be tired from a journey
- a leg of a journey
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JOURNEY meaning: 1. the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle: 2. a set of…. Learn more.
A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey, although it does not have to be: a trip to New York a round-the-world trip. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the traveling takes a long time and is difficult.
JOURNEY definition: 1. the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle: 2. a set of…. Learn more.
He made the emotional journey back to the house he grew up in. He wrote a column chronicling his journeys around the Americas. Her search took her on an incredible journey across the world. The bus driver told us where to change buses for our onward journey. The bus journey from London to Athens took 60 hours. The journey continued in silence.
journey in American English. (ˈdʒɜrni ) noun Word forms: plural ˈjourneys. 1. the act or an instance of traveling from one place to another; trip. 2. any course or passage from one stage or experience to another. verb intransitive Word forms: ˈjourneyed or ˈjourneying.