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journey

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɝni/

The English word “journey” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
  2. Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
  3. The progress of a customer through a system, often a computer system.
  4. A day.
  5. A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
  6. A day's work.
  7. The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
  8. A group of giraffes.
  9. Life on Earth.
  10. The total time spent melting and working one piece.

verb

  1. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

Etymology

From Middle English journe, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from diēs (“day”). Displaced native Old English fær and Old English faru.

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