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jour⋅ney
[jur-nee] 
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noun, plural -neys, verb, -neyed, -ney⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert. |
| 2. | a distance, course, or area traveled or suitable for traveling: a desert journey. |
| 3. | a period of travel: a week's journey. |
| 4. | passage or progress from one stage to another: the journey to success. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to make a journey; travel. |
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| jour·ney (jûr'nē) n. pl. jour·neys
v. intr. To make a journey; travel. v. tr. To travel over or through. [Middle English journei, day, day's travel, journey, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, day, from neuter of Latin diurnus, of a day, from diēs, day; see diary.] jour'ney·er n. |
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Journey
Jour"ney\, n.; pl. Journeys. [OE. jornee, journee, prop., a day's journey, OF. jorn['e]e, jurn['e]e, a day, a day's work of journey, F. journ['e]e, fr. OF. jorn, jurn, jor a day, F. jour, fr. L. diurnus. See Journal.]1. The travel or work of a day. [Obs.] --Chaucer. We have yet large day, for scarce the sun Hath finished half his journey. --Milton. 2. Travel or passage from one place to another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life. The good man . . . is gone a long journey. --Prov. vii. 19. We must all have the same journey's end. --Bp. Stillingfleet. Syn: Tour; excursion; trip; expedition; pilgrimage. Usage: Journey, Tour, Excursion, Pilgrimage. The word journey suggests the idea of a somewhat prolonged traveling for a specific object, leading a person to pass directly from one point to another. In a tour, we take a roundabout course from place to place, more commonly for pleasure, though sometimes on business. An excursion is usually a brief tour or trip for pleasure, health, etc. In a pilgrimage we travel to a place hallowed by our religions affections, or by some train of sacred or tender associations. A journey on important business; the tour of Europe; an excursion to the lakes; a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.Journey
Jour"ney\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Journeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Journeying.] To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance. Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. --Gen. xii. 9.Journey
Jour"ney\, v. t. To traverse; to travel over or through. [R.] "I journeyed many a land." --Sir W. Scott.
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Language Translation for : journey
Spanish:
viaje,
German:
die Reise,
Japanese:
旅行
journey
c.1225, "a defined course of traveling," from O.Fr. journée "day's work or travel," from V.L. diurnum "day," noun use of neut. of L. diurnus "of one day" (see diurnal). As recently as Johnson (1755) the primary sense was still "the travel of a day." The verb is from c.1330. Journeyman (1424), "one who works by day," preserves the etymological sense. Its Amer.Eng. colloquial shortening jour (adj.) is attested from 1835.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Journey
(1.) A day's journey in the East is from 16 to 20 miles (Num. 11:31). (2.) A Sabbath-day's journey is 2,000 paces or yards from the city walls (Acts 1:12). According to Jewish tradition, it was the distance one might travel without violating the law of Ex. 16:29. (See SABBATH.)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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