Journey Made Long Day's Noun ˈdʒɜːni ˈdʒɜːrni Train

• 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?

journey

1. 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.
• Don't use the car for short journeys.
• It's a day's journey by car.
• The average journey time is about 50 minutes.
• She took her sister with her to keep her company on the journey.
• Devizes is a two-hour journey from London.
• It is unclear why he embarked on his final journey to Vienna.
• I'm afraid you've had a wasted journey (= you cannot do what you have come to do).
• Bye! Safe journey! (= used when somebody is beginning a journey)

Extra Examples

• measures to cut the number of car journeys into the city
• He is planning a journey through Europe this summer.
• Slaves 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.
2. a long and often difficult process of personal change and development
• I was excited by the character's journey in the film.
• The book describes a spiritual journey from despair to happiness.

Word Origin

• Middle 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’.