- an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are far apart
- They went on a long train journey across India.
- to begin/continue/complete a journey
- Many refugees made the journey alone.
- Did you have a good journey?
- the outward/return journey
- We broke our journey (= stopped for a short time) in Madrid.
- (British English) Don't use the car for short journeys.
- It's a day's journey by car.
- The average journey time is about 50 minutes.
- on a journey She took her sister with her to keep her company on the journey.
- journey from… Devizes is a two-hour journey from London.
- journey to… It is unclear why he embarked on his final journey to Vienna.
- (British English) I'm afraid you've had a wasted journey (= you cannot do what you have come to do).
- (informal) Bye! Safe journey! (= used when somebody is beginning a journey)
Synonyms triptripjourney ▪ tour ▪ expedition ▪ excursion ▪ outing ▪ day outThese are all words for an act of travelling to a place.trip an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again:- a business trip
- a five-minute trip by taxi
- a long and difficult journey across the mountains
- a tour of Bavaria
- the first expedition to the South Pole
- We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
- The children were on a day’s outing from school.
- We had a day out at the beach.
- a(n) foreign/overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
- a bus/coach/train/rail trip/journey/tour
- to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing/day out
- to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
- to make a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
Wordfinder- commute
- departure
- destination
- excursion
- expedition
- itinerary
- journey
- pilgrimage
- safari
- travel
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysa1- measures to cut the number of car journeys into the city
- He is planning a journey through Europe this summer.
- People were crammed onto ships for the dangerous journey across the Atlantic.
- Dawn was breaking as we set out on the last leg of our journey.
- Few people have made this journey and lived to tell the tale.
- He made the emotional journey back to the house he grew up in.
- He wrote a column chronicling his journeys around the Americas.
- Her search took her on an incredible journey across the world.
- The bus driver told us where to change buses for our onward journey.
- The bus journey from London to Athens took 60 hours.
- The journey continued in silence.
- The journey takes about five hours.
- They continued their journey on foot.
- They doubted that he would survive the journey to the nearest hospital.
- They were on a journey to the Far East.
- This is the story of the first astronauts and their journey into the unknown.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- marathon
- short
- …
- go on
- have
- make
- …
- take (somebody)
- begin
- end
- …
- time
- on journey
- journey by
- journey of
- …
- be tired after a journey
- be tired from a journey
- a leg of a journey
- …
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- a long and often difficult process of personal change and development
- I was excited by the character's journey in the film.
- journey (from something) (to something) The book describes a spiritual journey from despair to happiness.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French jornee ‘day, a day's travel, a day's work’ (the earliest senses in English), based on Latin diurnum ‘daily portion’, from diurnus ‘daily’, from dies ‘day’.
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