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JOURNEY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of traveling from one place to another

Synonyms:

journey; journeying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("journey" is a kind of...):

travel; traveling; travelling (the act of going from one place to another)

Meronyms (parts of "journey"):

leg; stage (a section or portion of a journey or course)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "journey"):

way (a journey or passage)

voyage (a journey to some distant place)

excursion; expedition; jaunt; junket; outing; pleasure trip; sashay (a journey taken for pleasure)

pilgrim's journey; pilgrimage (a journey to a sacred place)

circuit; tour (a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area)

trek (a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers))

schlep; shlep (a tedious or difficult journey)

digression; excursion (wandering from the main path of a journey)

expedition (a journey organized for a particular purpose)

passage; transit (a journey usually by ship)

trip (a journey for some purpose (usually including the return))

odyssey (a long wandering and eventful journey)

mush (a journey by dogsled)

long haul (a journey over a long distance)

drive; ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))

commute (a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work)

Derivation:

journey (undertake a journey or trip)

journey (travel upon or across)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Undertake a journey or trip

Synonyms:

journey; travel

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "journey" is one way to...):

jaunt; travel; trip (make a trip for pleasure)

Verb group:

journey; travel (travel upon or across)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "journey"):

trek (journey on foot, especially in the mountains)

trek (make a long and difficult journey)

navigate; sail; voyage (travel on water propelled by wind or by other means)

sledge (ride in or travel with a sledge)

globe-trot (travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing)

tour (make a tour of a certain place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

journey (the act of traveling from one place to another)

journeyer (a traveler going on a trip)

journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Travel upon or across

Example:

travel the oceans

Synonyms:

journey; travel

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "journey" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Verb group:

journey; travel (undertake a journey or trip)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "journey"):

sail (traverse or travel on (a body of water))

ship (travel by ship)

ride (ride over, along, or through)

fly (travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft)

cruise (drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

journey (the act of traveling from one place to another)

journeyer (a traveler going on a trip)

Credits

 Context examples: 

So I, Ebbits, journeyed down to Cambell Fort to collect the debt.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It was with nervous trepidation that we made the first few rods of the journey.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

There could be no doubt that we had reached the end of our journey.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I'll come if I'm at the ends of the earth, for the sight of Jo's face alone on that occasion would be worth a long journey.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

At ten o’clock the same night I started off upon my journey.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I thought of my fifty-guinea fee, of my wearisome journey, and of the unpleasant night which seemed to be before me.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After that he left that part of the country and journeyed over to the valley wherein he had been born.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

For a long time I have thought that each post would bring this line, and my persuasions have restrained my uncle from undertaking a journey to Ingolstadt.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The fatigue, too, of so long a journey, became soon no trifling evil.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

We will keep you from the provost-marshal this journey.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)