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journey
/ˈd͡ʒɝni/
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What does journey mean?
noun
- A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
- (figuratively) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
- The progress of a customer through a system, often a computer system.
More meanings (9)
noun
- The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
- A group of giraffes.
- Life on Earth.
- The total time spent melting and working one piece.
- (obsolete) A day.
- (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
- (obsolete) A day's work.
verb
- To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
proper noun
- A female given name from English.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɝni/
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“I don’t belong to this railway journey at all—I was in a wood just now—and I wish I could get back there.”
And after they had done praying unto the Lord we did again travel on our journey towards the tent of our father.
More book examples (3)
Then the boy stretched himself upon the grass beside the Pumpkinhead, and being greatly wearied by the journey was soon fast asleep.
In the morning his kind physician found him entirely free from feverish symptoms, and fit to undergo the fatigue of a journey.
“It is that you may lose your two other bets! Then we shall be sure not to be stopped on our journey!”