journey1 nounjourney2 verb
journeyjour‧ney1 /ˈdʒɜːni $ -ɜːr-/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINjourney1
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French journee ‘day's journey’, from jour ‘day’, from Latin diurnus; ➔ JOURNALEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- an alcoholic's journey to recovery
- It was a long train journey to St Petersburg.
- The journey will take the President to Japan, China, and Australia.
- These birds make an incredible 10,000-kilometre journey to Africa every winter.
- They arrived in Nice after an eight-hour journey by car.
- Walking through historic New Almaden is a journey into the past.
- We had an awful journey - there was heavy snow and the car broke down
- Even a railway journey with a missed connection can have its moments.
- His hurried journey allows us to estimate a more usual journey as taking about six to eight weeks.
- It is a garden of flowers of his long journey.
- Sadie returns to Seattle from a dissolute road journey.
- The journey from useless geek to Michael took about six months.
- The journey is strange and eventful.
- Their journey to the tourney, as Cameron Dollar calls it, is finally over.
- This reduces the wastage due to damage in the journey from greenhouse to supermarket shelf.
THESAURUS
especially British English an occasion when you travel from one place to another – used especially about travelling a long distance, or travelling somewhere regularly: · The journey took us over three hours.· My journey to work normally takes around 30 minutes.· a four-hour train journey
a journey to visit a place: · How about a trip to the seaside on Saturday?· a business trip
a journey for pleasure, during which you visit several different towns, areas etc: · Last summer we went on a tour of Europe.
a short journey by a group of people to visit a place, especially while they are on holiday: · The cost of the holiday includes excursions to nearby places of interest.
a long and carefully organized journey, especially to a dangerous or unfamiliar place: · Scott’s expedition to the Antarctic· a military expedition
the journey to and from work that someone does every day: · People are fed up with the daily commute on overcrowded trains.
a journey to a holy place for religious reasons: · the annual pilgrimage to Mecca
a long journey, for example over mountains or through forests, especially one that people do on foot for pleasure: · a two-week trek across the Atlas Mountains
noun [uncountable] the general activity of moving from one place to another: · Her new job involves a lot of travel.
noun [plural] someone’s journeys to or in places that are far away: · I’m longing to hear all about your travels in China.
by plane/boat/car/bicycle etc a journey by air: · You should check in at the airport two hours before your flight.
a long journey over the sea: · MacArthur’s epic round-the-world voyage
a short journey by boat from one piece of land to another: · A 30-minute ferry crossing takes you to the island.
a journey by boat for pleasure: · a Mediterranean cruise· a cruise down the Nile
a journey in a car, often for pleasure: · The drive through the mountains was absolutely beautiful.
a short journey in a car, or on a bicycle or horse: · It’s a twenty-minute taxi ride to the station.· a bike ride
Longman Language Activatora journey especially British the period you spend travelling from one place to another - use this especially about someone travelling for a long distance or when talking about someone regularly travelling somewhere, for example to school or work: · We had an awful journey - there was heavy snow and the car broke downbus/train/car etc journey: · It was a long train journey to St Petersburg.a two-hour/five-mile journey: · They arrived in Nice after an eight-hour journey by car.make a journey: · These birds make an incredible 10,000-kilometre journey to Africa every winter.
a journey in which you go to a place, stay there for a short time, and then come back. In American English, trip can be used to mean any journey: · We had a fantastic trip - the flight was fine and the hotel was perfect.· The trip to the coast took longer than we expected.take a trip/go on a trip: · They decided to take a trip to Paris.on a trip (=taking a trip): · My husband's away on a business trip in China.business/school/skiing etc trip: · My dad and I used to go on a camping trip alone together every summer.a two-hour/five-mile etc trip American: · It's only a three-hour trip by plane to Seattle.boat/car/plane etc trip: · It's such a nice day - how about going on a boat trip?road trip American (=a long trip in a car): · My friend and I took several road trips to New York City.
a journey for pleasure during which you visit several different towns, areas etc. A tour is also an organized journey made by an entertainer, sports team, or politician in order to perform, play, or speak in several places: · Did you see Bruce Springsteen on his last tour?tour of: · We took a bicycle tour of Tuscany.· The prime minister has left for a three-week tour of South America.on tour: · Norton is on tour promoting her new children's book.a leg of a tour (=part of a tour): · The last leg of the tour will take the team to Dallas.package tour (=planned holiday with all costs included): · They like to take package tours because they hate dealing with details.
a journey in a plane: · All flights to Tokyo were delayed because of bad weather.a 30-minute/3-hour etc flight: · It's a 7-hour flight to New York.
a short journey in a vehicle such as a car, or on a bicycle or a horse: · He pretended to be asleep for the entire two hour ride.bike/car/horse etc ride: · On the car ride back from the airport he told her all about his trip.go for a ride (=ride somewhere just for enjoyment): · She took me to see the horse and asked if I wanted to go for a ride.
a journey in a car: · It's a beautiful day for a drive in the country.a 12-hour/15-minute etc drive: · It's about a 20-minute drive into the city from here.take a drive/go for a drive: · Let's take a drive out to the farm.
a short journey in a boat or ship from one side of a lake, river, or sea to the other: · The crossing from Dover to Calais is often very rough.
a long journey in a boat or ship: · In those days, the voyage to Australia was long and dangerous.
a long journey, especially one made by a group of people, to visit a dangerous place or a place that has never been visited before: · The purpose of the expedition was to explore the North American coastline.· an expedition to the North Pole
a long and difficult journey, for example over mountains or through forests, especially when you are walking. Some people also go on treks for interest and enjoyment: · The team is preparing for a two week trek across the Atlas Mountains.
to travel to a place to go to a place that is away from where you live, especially for a holiday or for business: · My parents are in the Caribbean for Christmas, but I couldn't go this year.go (over/out/up/down) to: · We're going to Malta this summer.· We went up to Montreal for a long weekend. · She's been out to Africa several times on diplomatic visits.
to make a journey from one place to another - use this to talk about going to a place that is a long way from your home or when you are going to many different places: · I love to travel.travel from/to/across/through etc: · We travelled from China to Russia by train.· They had been travelling over the dry desert terrain for five days.
to go somewhere for a short time before returning home: · The geography class has taken a trip to Wales.· I'm going on a business trip to Japan next week.go on a trip/take a trip to/through/up/around etc: · We decided to go on a trip through the Rocky Mountains in the spring.· Let's take a trip up the Rhine and stop at some of the castles along the way.
especially British to travel to a place, especially when it is a long way away and the journey is difficult: · Every year he was supposed to go, and every year he could think of excuses for not making the journey.· When the tribe ran out of food, they had no choice but to make the journey north to more fertile ground.
on the way to somewhere: · We stopped en route to meet some friends in Brussels.en route to/from/for: · The flight was en route from Tokyo to Sydney when it experienced engine trouble.
to travel from one place to another, especially because it is difficult or impossible for you to stay where you were: · He was always on the move, never staying in one town more than a few days.· The guerrillas stay on the move to avoid capture.· Thousands of refugees are on the move, fleeing heavy shelling in their home towns.
to travel across a very large area such as a desert, an ocean, or an area of mountains: · It took a lot of courage to cross the Rocky Mountains in those days.· They crossed the Atlantic in a convoy of fifty ships.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
an arduous journey through the mountains The last lap of their journey was by ship. a sentimental journey to the place of his birth
· I still use my car, but now I make fewer journeys.
(=make a long journey)· We are going on a journey to a strange country.
· He began the journey home across London.
(also embark on a journey formal) (=start a long journey)· Before setting off on a journey, look at maps and guidebooks.
(=make a short stop on a journey)· We broke our journey to have a picnic.
· We stopped for breakfast, then continued our journey.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + journey· the six-hour train journey to London
· They arrived tired from their long journey.
· It was a difficult journey, especially in the winter months.
(=used especially to wish someone a good journey)· Have a safe journey.
(=a very long and eventful journey)· Lewis and Clark made their epic journey across the continental United States in the early 1800s.
(=one that did not achieve the result you wanted)· To avoid a wasted journey, ring first to check that the event is still on.
· They set off on the dangerous journey down the river.
(=to a place that is difficult to reach)· the arduous journey to the North Pole
(=the journey to a place)· The outward journey seemed long and slow.
(=the journey back from a place)· The return journey was uneventful.
(=the journey back home)· In the car on their homeward journey, they discussed the wedding.
phrases (=one part of a journey)· We set off on the final leg of our journey.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an arduous journey through the mountains· It’s a 20-minute bus ride into town.
The last lap of their journey was by ship. (=a journey etc over a large distance that takes a lot of time) It’s a long walk to the shops from here.
It’s a long walk to the shops from here. (=an extremely unpleasant journey)· Commuters are facing a nightmare journey to work due to the tube drivers strike.
British English (=said to someone when they start a long journey) Dad rang to wish me a safe journey.
Dad rang to wish me a safe journey. a sentimental journey to the place of his birth (=the time it takes to travel somewhere)· By train, the journey time to London is about two hours.
British English, a train trip American English· They were not looking forward to the long train journey.
· You should not undertake a long journey if you are unwell.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The long, arduous journey to Bethlehem could have resulted in a miscarriage or stillbirth.· He had traveled with them during their arduous political journeys through the presidential primaries the previous wInter.· Vikings contemplated arduous upstream journeys, but quick getaways.· She was now faced with an arduous journey into a remote country where there might well be anarchy when Menelik died.
· He had made a long journey, borrowing fuel for his plane.· Many people in corporate life adopt a defensive style-and simply see themselves as passive passengers on a long, corporate journey.· The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea.· Even on long journeys early trains had no corridors, lavatories, dining cars or heating.· It may not be much but long journeys begin with single steps.· It's a long journey, however you take it.· They have had a long hard journey so far, and a long hard one to come.· I didn't want the long journey in to work each day so I let it to Professor Wendell.
· According to Ziad, Jamal had no problem at Netzarim junction on his outward journey.· That moon flight as an outward journey was outward into ourselves.· She took no pleasure from the countryside as on the outward journey.· The outward journey was quite uneventful as far as the Wadi Tamit, a steep defile leading down the escarpment on to the coastal plain.· It does not retrace the zig-zags of its outward journey.· Somehow it has measured and remembered the distance it ran on each stage of its outward journey.· Their outward journey was comparatively easy.· Alternatively, for the outward journey only, cancellation coverage up to the holiday invoice cost. 8.
· The return journey would take another three days.· But: all journeys were return journeys.· We were silent then, as people often are on return journeys.· When spirit has reached its lowest point, it begins the return journey upwards, which is termed Evolution.· The place of its emergence into daylight will be seen on the return journey.· It will wrap around this needle on the return journey.· Florence is included in his return journey from Rome to Genoa.· The morning of my return journey, each bag was sealed, wrapped in newspaper and sealed again in another bag.
· Travellers would offer them bread and milk to be sure of a safe journey.· He wishes you to have not merely a safe journey, but an aesthetically pleasing one.· No mention of seeing me again, not even the polite formula for a safe journey home.
· Yet the memoirs of these survivors, their dirge, is rarely inscribed in the chroniclers' sentimental journeys.· They would return home from these sentimental journeys reconfirmed in their Americanism.· The sentimental journey began at Euston.
· Still incensed by what she had heard earlier, she began mentally planning a short journey for the morrow.· A new bus service means people are just a short journey from Beresford Buildings, which have undergone a £1.1m refurbishment plan.· Despite the siege, Nicholas had made the short journey many times to sleep at his villa.· After a few minutes with Mr Malik, Robert himself quite often felt like making the frighteningly short journey from doubt to belief.· All through the short plane journey she'd been imagining what it would be like to meet Rune again socially.· Indeed, it had expired almost on the short journey home.· For the rest of the short journey she sat beside him uneasily, no longer so taken with her surroundings.
NOUN· The bus journey alone is eloquent of class inequality.· Sixteen of us flew into Delhi - and a fifteen hour bus journey took us up into the mountains.· One of my own compensations is the bus journey into town.· Iron rations were issued for the train or bus journey.· The evidence of the bus journey, however, painted a totally different picture.· Another, on his first bus journey, noted down the name of a shop as a landmark for the return trip.· Unfortunately, the 12.35 a.m. tram journey on route 16/18 was not replaced by a corresponding bus journey from Westminster to Purley.· To pay for their four-day bus journey to the south, her parents had to sell everything they owned.
· Only a fool would re-enact the drink-fuelled high speed car journey that killed Princess Diana.· But first that special treat - a car journey.· But car journeys are a natural state of affairs: the country is huge; it demands motion from its restless citizens.· Travel back to West Yorkshire entailed a five hour car journey.· The cable car journey to the top is the longest in the Alps and the whole journey is filled with breathtaking scenery.· During the car journey to the police station he continued to admit being concerned in the one robbery.· Imagine a car journey from Edinburgh to London.· Yet three quarters of all personal car journeys are over a distance of five miles or less.
· This is the same journey time as Liverpool to London journeys of some three quarters the distance.· After their introduction on the Fleetwood service, journey time was reduced to 32 minutes on a five-minute headway.· The first component of tE is the journey time in flat space-time; hence the excess time taken is.· Total journey time to a Rockies resort can exceed 24 hours if your itinerary involves connecting flights.· Put two minutes on my journey time, it did.· But no journey restrictions will be lifted completely, and all journey times will take longer than normal.· The airports they fly from are often less congested and closer to city centres, cutting journey times.· It was found that one additional car was required on route 42, to cover the slightly extended journey time.
· But no journey restrictions will be lifted completely, and all journey times will take longer than normal.· The airports they fly from are often less congested and closer to city centres, cutting journey times.· They say it would make journeys too uncomfortable for passengers and slow their journey times, making services uneconomical.· It says the changes will result in better connections on both the local and national networks and shorter journey times.· The number of calls at South Bank will be reduced to cut journey times.· They will also cut journey times to Gatwick and to the south coast.· Approximate journey times are: London 4 hours, Manchester 1 hour, Leeds 20 minutes.· With the advent of electrics, journey times were to be halves, as well as making life easier for locomotive crews.
· We never missed them when I was young and we all loved our train journeys.· The cigarette ban will be most troublesome for smokers on long train journeys.· At first, I wanted to take train journeys across the continents.· Only an overnight train journey, however, divides it from tropical areas and their exotic products.· And, of course, there's always the train journey home to look forward to.· Smoking on a train journey, looking out at the countryside whizzing by.· The train journey between Leeds and Sheffield shows one this nineteenth-century landscape to perfection.· Arriving, and the train journey, and the march ... what if I dream every day of it?
VERB· Once we really grasp its idea, then we are ready to begin our journey.· I then followed him as he began his journey home.· Slowly he began his journey upward, helplessly I waited to lend him my assistance.· Transportation Problems begin to occur in journeys of over one hour.· There, the oil enters the shared pipeline and begins its journey hundreds of miles through the Andes.· The next morning they began their gruelling journey up the ancient Roman road which ran from London's city wall into Oxfordshire.· So, with a book on sailing in one hand and the tiller in the other, we began our journey.
· But the other reason to break the journey is to see some of the outback.· The message is that drivers who don't break their journey, are in serious danger of not completing it at all.· So I walked away, breaking my journey home to leave the key with the solicitors.· I had needed to break our journey north int he capital to see some one in the tourist board's head office.· An option is to break the return journey at Llandrindod.· But I must pack it up again, and hurry on towards no destination, content to break the journey briefly.· Theo did break his journey and came to spend a day or so with him.
· It could take fourteen weeks to complete the gruelling journey on foot from London to Rome in the Middle Ages.· The venturer who successfully completes this abc journey will have experienced a logical but unexciting event.· Can it complete the journey, as one nation, without him?· Those few yards from side to centre stage are strewn with obstacles and few are able to complete the journey unscathed.· Will they have to wait until the starship completes its ten-year journey?· Middlesbrough will fly to London this afternoon and complete their journey to the South coast by coach.
· It was after midnight by the time he was able to continue his journey.· Their wild, excited calling sent shivers down my spine as they continued on their journey south.· He decides to join them as he springs them from jail and they continue their journey.· The impulse to live again surges up inside of her as does her determination to continue her lonely journey in life.· Leaving his personal belongings in the room he walks down to enjoy a good breakfast before continuing his journey.· So the four animals continued on their journey.· However, he reluctantly agreed to continue his journey to Paris.· He was trying to locate a railroad station where he could leave us to continue on our journey.
· West studied and read for a long time before she embarked on her journey.· With his keyboard, his keypad, and his mouse, Engelbart embarked on a journey through information itself.· As the two men embark on a journey of self-discovery, the haunting music of Gigli punctuates their revelations.· By 1742 even Yale students embarked on revivalist journeys.· Fascinated by photography, he embarked on the three journeys to the Middle East that were to make his reputation.· So she embarked on a journey to warn the king.· Each student should be embarked on a journey involving succeeding stages of intellectual maturity and independence.· Finally as a Church Fellowship we have just embarked on an exciting journey which I believe the Lord is going to honour.
· Within each quarter there are selected road closures and some one-way streets, making journeys even more circuitous for non-residents.· Is there another road that you now need to walk in order to make your life journey more complete? 28.· Despite the siege, Nicholas had made the short journey many times to sleep at his villa.· Nevertheless, a time came when he decided he must leave her and make a long journey across the sea.· All I would want is for you to make the journey into the burning, and then come back and report.· Now that he's got a license, Markazi makes the journey alone.· In early 1978 the Firefly was prepared to make the long road journey to its new home in Cambridgeshire.· He walked slowly, however, to make the journey as long as possible, and put her down on dry land.
· If they did set out on a journey, it was usually on business or a pilgrimage or to go to war.· Immediately afterwards, he set off on a journey into Dorset, determined to repay Wordsworth's visit of two months earlier.· Still no acknowledgement was made and it grew near the time when Gigia would be setting out on her journey.· He always set off on his journey early on Monday morning, and returned on Wednesday.
· He then turned the key in the lock before starting his journey home.· So they started upon their journey once more.· It was pointless even to start the journey.· Luckily, they happen upon a blind poet who foretells their future and helps them start their journey.· Our mission complete, we started the long journey home.· Then, together, prophetess and hero started on their journey.· I hadn't been in a very good mood when I started out on this journey.· And so, with Toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► break a journey► journey time
1especially British English an occasion when you travel from one place to another, especially over a long distance SYN trip American Englishjourney to/from/between- According to Ziad, Jamal had no problem at Netzarim junction on his outward journey.
- Alternatively, for the outward journey only, cancellation coverage up to the holiday invoice cost. 8.
- It does not retrace the zig-zags of its outward journey.
- She took no pleasure from the countryside as on the outward journey.
- Somehow it has measured and remembered the distance it ran on each stage of its outward journey.
- That moon flight as an outward journey was outward into ourselves.
- The outward journey was quite uneventful as far as the Wadi Tamit, a steep defile leading down the escarpment on to the coastal plain.
- Their outward journey was comparatively easy.
- And he adds his personal guarantee of company and protection, with the assurance of eventual safe return.
- Birdland is now offering a reward for the safe return of the birds and the conviction of the thieves.
- He wishes you to have not merely a safe journey, but an aesthetically pleasing one.
- Meanwhile, the Spartan observers were politely detained, pending the ambassadors' safe return.
- The Everqueen herself gifted him with a heart-shaped broach which she had woven with enchantments for his safe return.
- Travellers would offer them bread and milk to be sure of a safe journey.
- Worse, really, because with ageing there's not the least possibility of a safe return.
- As processes improve, it cuts out much of the wasted effort and rework, thus enhancing productivity.
- By providing clear goals and objectives, it minimises frustration and wasted effort. 4.
- If no-one answered soon he would have to chalk it up as a wasted trip, and Montgomery would not be amused.
- It could save you a lot of wasted effort and money.
- Not a wasted journey, after all, but she was anxious to carry on.
- Not that it was a completely wasted trip, what with the hardware store right next door.
- Pembrooke had a wasted journey to Downpatrick yesterday.
- What a ridiculously wasted effort this was, Bill.
my journey to Chinajourney through/across etc a journey across Europe the friends they made on the journey2literary a long and often difficult process by which someone or something changes and develops: our journey through life The novel is an account of his spiritual journey.COLLOCATIONSverbsmake a journey· I still use my car, but now I make fewer journeys.go on a journey (=make a long journey)· We are going on a journey to a strange country.begin/start a journey· He began the journey home across London.set off on a journey (also embark on a journey formal) (=start a long journey)· Before setting off on a journey, look at maps and guidebooks.break your journey (=make a short stop on a journey)· We broke our journey to have a picnic.continue your journey· We stopped for breakfast, then continued our journey.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + journeya car/plane/bus etc journey· the six-hour train journey to Londona long journey· They arrived tired from their long journey.a difficult journey· It was a difficult journey, especially in the winter months.a safe journey (=used especially to wish someone a good journey)· Have a safe journey.an epic journey (=a very long and eventful journey)· Lewis and Clark made their epic journey across the continental United States in the early 1800s.a wasted journey (=one that did not achieve the result you wanted)· To avoid a wasted journey, ring first to check that the event is still on.a dangerous/hazardous/perilous journey· They set off on the dangerous journey down the river.an arduous journey (=to a place that is difficult to reach)· the arduous journey to the North Polethe outward journey (=the journey to a place)· The outward journey seemed long and slow.the return journey (=the journey back from a place)· The return journey was uneventful.the homeward journey (=the journey back home)· In the car on their homeward journey, they discussed the wedding.phrasesa leg/stage of a journey (=one part of a journey)· We set off on the final leg of our journey.THESAURUSjourney especially British English an occasion when you travel from one place to another – used especially about travelling a long distance, or travelling somewhere regularly: · The journey took us over three hours.· My journey to work normally takes around 30 minutes.· a four-hour train journeytrip a journey to visit a place: · How about a trip to the seaside on Saturday?· a business triptour a journey for pleasure, during which you visit several different towns, areas etc: · Last summer we went on a tour of Europe.excursion a short journey by a group of people to visit a place, especially while they are on holiday: · The cost of the holiday includes excursions to nearby places of interest.expedition a long and carefully organized journey, especially to a dangerous or unfamiliar place: · Scott’s expedition to the Antarctic· a military expeditioncommute the journey to and from work that someone does every day: · People are fed up with the daily commute on overcrowded trains.pilgrimage /ˈpɪlɡrəmɪdʒ/ a journey to a holy place for religious reasons: · the annual pilgrimage to Meccatrek a long journey, for example over mountains or through forests, especially one that people do on foot for pleasure: · a two-week trek across the Atlas Mountainstravel noun [uncountable] the general activity of moving from one place to another: · Her new job involves a lot of travel.somebody’s travels noun [plural] someone’s journeys to or in places that are far away: · I’m longing to hear all about your travels in China.by plane/boat/car/bicycle etcflight a journey by air: · You should check in at the airport two hours before your flight.voyage /ˈvɔɪ-ɪdʒ/ a long journey over the sea: · MacArthur’s epic round-the-world voyagecrossing a short journey by boat from one piece of land to another: · A 30-minute ferry crossing takes you to the island.cruise a journey by boat for pleasure: · a Mediterranean cruise· a cruise down the Niledrive a journey in a car, often for pleasure: · The drive through the mountains was absolutely beautiful.ride a short journey in a car, or on a bicycle or horse: · It’s a twenty-minute taxi ride to the station.· a bike ridejourney1 nounjourney2 verb
journeyjourney2 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] VERB TABLE
journey
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | journey |
| he, she, it | journeys | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | journeyed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have journeyed |
| he, she, it | has journeyed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had journeyed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will journey |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have journeyed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am journeying |
| he, she, it | is journeying | |
| you, we, they | are journeying | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was journeying |
| you, we, they | were journeying | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been journeying |
| he, she, it | has been journeying | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been journeying |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be journeying |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been journeying |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- For the first time ever, in a giant film format, you can journey to the Earth's last great wilderness.
- I journey to the library; draft notes for my defense; root pointlessly in the garden.
- In order to journey to Mars or beyond, you needed a crew.
- These promise to be of such importance that I shall briefly relate them here, before journeying north.
THESAURUSto travel
to go from one place to another, especially places that are far apart: · We travelled to Russia by train.· I love to travel.
to go somewhere – often used instead of travel: · We’re going to Greece for our holidays this year.· He’s gone to London on business.· It’s quicker to go by plane.
to travel to work or school: · She commutes to work by bicycle.
to travel across a very large area, for example a desert or ocean: · The slaves crossed the Atlantic in the holds of the ships.
to travel in order to visit many different places, especially as part of a holiday: · They’re touring Europe by coach.
to do a long and difficult walk in a place far from towns and cities: · They went trekking in the mountains.· She’s been trekking in Nepal a couple of times.
to travel to a lot of different places, carrying your clothes with you in your rucksack: · He went backpacking in Australia.
especially written to travel or move around an area with no clear purpose or direction, usually for a long time: · When he was young, he roamed from one country to another.· The tribes used to roam around freely, without any fixed territory.
literary to travel, especially a long distance: · He journeyed on horseback through Palestine.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an arduous journey through the mountains The last lap of their journey was by ship. a sentimental journey to the place of his birth
an arduous journey through the mountains· It’s a 20-minute bus ride into town.
The last lap of their journey was by ship. (=a journey etc over a large distance that takes a lot of time) It’s a long walk to the shops from here.
It’s a long walk to the shops from here. (=an extremely unpleasant journey)· Commuters are facing a nightmare journey to work due to the tube drivers strike.
British English (=said to someone when they start a long journey) Dad rang to wish me a safe journey.
Dad rang to wish me a safe journey. a sentimental journey to the place of his birth (=the time it takes to travel somewhere)· By train, the journey time to London is about two hours.
British English, a train trip American English· They were not looking forward to the long train journey.
· You should not undertake a long journey if you are unwell.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► break a journey► journey time
literary to travel: - According to Ziad, Jamal had no problem at Netzarim junction on his outward journey.
- Alternatively, for the outward journey only, cancellation coverage up to the holiday invoice cost. 8.
- It does not retrace the zig-zags of its outward journey.
- She took no pleasure from the countryside as on the outward journey.
- Somehow it has measured and remembered the distance it ran on each stage of its outward journey.
- That moon flight as an outward journey was outward into ourselves.
- The outward journey was quite uneventful as far as the Wadi Tamit, a steep defile leading down the escarpment on to the coastal plain.
- Their outward journey was comparatively easy.
- And he adds his personal guarantee of company and protection, with the assurance of eventual safe return.
- Birdland is now offering a reward for the safe return of the birds and the conviction of the thieves.
- He wishes you to have not merely a safe journey, but an aesthetically pleasing one.
- Meanwhile, the Spartan observers were politely detained, pending the ambassadors' safe return.
- The Everqueen herself gifted him with a heart-shaped broach which she had woven with enchantments for his safe return.
- Travellers would offer them bread and milk to be sure of a safe journey.
- Worse, really, because with ageing there's not the least possibility of a safe return.
- As processes improve, it cuts out much of the wasted effort and rework, thus enhancing productivity.
- By providing clear goals and objectives, it minimises frustration and wasted effort. 4.
- If no-one answered soon he would have to chalk it up as a wasted trip, and Montgomery would not be amused.
- It could save you a lot of wasted effort and money.
- Not a wasted journey, after all, but she was anxious to carry on.
- Not that it was a completely wasted trip, what with the hardware store right next door.
- Pembrooke had a wasted journey to Downpatrick yesterday.
- What a ridiculously wasted effort this was, Bill.
They left the town and journeyed south.► see thesaurus at travel