epic journey
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4.8
- noun
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viaje épico
- Born a slave on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1818, Douglass escaped in an epic journey on trains and ferry boats, first to New York City, and then to the whaling port of New Bedford in 1838.
So it is, it has all the trappings of the epic, epic journey on a small scale.
- So it is, it has all the trappings of the epic, epic journey on a small scale.
Examples
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"A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery.
Blog text (9) -
Together, they embark on an epic journey across Ice Age Europe.
Academic text (2002) -
This is gonna be an epic journey.
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It's amazing to see the beginning of your epic journey.
Blog text (21) -
I figure it's time for another epic journey, isn't it?
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Finally, the Monkey King was ready for his greatest challenge yet, an epic journey to the West and perhaps to redemption.
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What was to have been a two-month scouting expedition, however, turned into an epic journey of fourteen months.
Fiction book (2002) -
It quickly takes the reader on an epic journey from the most basic principles of magnetism to the cutting edges of technology.
Academic text (2003) -
Embark on an epic journey through Middle-earth in the biggest LEGO videogame.
Blog text (29) -
After years of planning, they set off on an epic journey through the Amazon rainforest.
Synonyms
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1.0
A journey to a place and back for work or fun
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1.1
A long trip from one place to another or a change in someone's life
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1.4
An unusual, exciting experience that can be dangerous
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4.1
An organized trip by a group for a special purpose like exploring or doing research
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3.1
A long journey by ship or boat to distant places
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8.3
A long journey with many problems and successes
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3.5
A trip that goes a very long distance, often by plane or train
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6.6
A long adventurous journey with danger and heroic deeds
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4.6
An adventure in a wonderful world with things that are not real
A long important trip with hard tests that changes a person like stories about heroes
A journey that includes exciting activities and some risk
A very exciting and special experience with surprises
Antonyms
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a long and impressive trip' is directly derivable from combining 'epic' (grand, larger-than-life) with 'journey' (a trip); the adjective+noun composition is regular and compositional. This pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The expression epic journey comes from old long poems about heroes. In those stories a hero's epic was a long, great journey full of danger and big events, so today epic journey means 'a long and impressive trip'.