Journey Meaning
/ˈd͡ʒɝni/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
nounAny process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
Sentence Examples
We had to walk the last leg of the journey.
We often compare life to a journey.
They went on a long train journey across India.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Their long ____ from London to Sydney took over twenty hours by plane.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The long ____ across the country took three whole days by train, but it was a wonderful experience.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Or is it, that when human Souls a journey long have had, / And are returned into themselves, they cannot be but sad?"
— 1807, William Wordsworth, “Star Gazers”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume I, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], →OCLC, page 88:
"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."
— 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171:
"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."
— 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 39:
"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"
— 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:
"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."
— 1951 June, “British Railways Summer Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 419:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Their long ____ from London to Sydney took over twenty hours by plane.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The long ____ across the country took three whole days by train, but it was a wonderful experience.