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to journey

to journey

40 2.6
To travel from one place to another over a long distance
  • verb
  • /ˈdʒɜrni/
translation icon : viajar
  • We journey to the stronghold.
  • journey back
  • journey south
  • journey to a village

With Goggins, you've journeyed through storms and gales.

Examples

  • Two years ago, he and his wife journeyed to Ghana to adopt a young girl.

    Academic text (2011)
  • For a long time thereafter, women did not journey to Antarctica in any numbers.

    Academic text (2008)
  • So I learned to read and ask questions that helped me journey to the truth.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • We use music, often accompanied by science, to journey into the unknown.

  • On a sunny morning, I journeyed south toward Ubud, Bali's tourist haven.

    Academic text (2001)
  • This is to inform the Congress that our crushing debts compel me forthwith to journey to The Hague.

  • In a symbolic, religious gesture, the Mormon missionaries journeyed twenty-two days, like the Nephite king, Limhi.

    Academic text (2000)
  • After months of preparation, they decided to journey across the country to attend the festival.

  • She plans to journey through the mountains this summer to experience the breathtaking scenery.

  • Every year, families journey from distant cities to reunite during the holidays.

Synonyms

to travel
vsto journey
1.0

To go from one place to another, often for work or pleasure

stresses usually long distances rather than any distance
to travel to
vsto journey
263 1.0

To go to another place for work or pleasure

focuses on long distance rather than specific purposes
to travel along
vsto journey
10 1.6

To go along a road or path

is about moving between places rather than only following a route
to trek
vsto journey
9 3.9

To make a long difficult journey on foot

is usually about long distance rather than difficulty or effort
to going
vsto journey
1.0

To move or travel from one place to another

is usually about longer distance rather than brief leaving

Idioms

Take pleasure in what you do, not only the result

Compounds

4 4.8

A long exciting trip with adventure and many challenges

1 8.9

A path a person follows after they die, often in religious stories

An adventure in a wonderful world with things that are not real

A trip to a holy place for religious reasons

journey cake
  • Archaic
8.0

A thin cornbread cooked like a pancake on a hot pan

9.9

A public, humble apology showing you accept blame

mythic journey
  • Literature
8.1

A long important trip with hard tests that changes a person like stories about heroes

A long experience that goes on and on

How Far

to trek
9 3.9
to voyage
3 4.0
to journey
40 2.6
to travel
1.0
to go
1.0

Surface Forms

journey infinitive
journeyed past
journeyed past participle
journeying present participle
journeys third person singular

Etymology

Journey comes from the old French word journée, which means 'day' and once meant 'a day's travel'. So, to journey is to travel from one place to another, often over a long distance.