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journey
especially British English an occasion when you travel from one place to another – used especially about travelling a long distance, or travelling somewhere regularly:
• The journey took us over three hours. • My journey to work normally takes around 30 minutes. • a four-hour train journey
trip
a journey to visit a place:
• How about a trip to the seaside on Saturday? • a business trip
tour
a journey for pleasure, during which you visit several different towns, areas etc:
• Last summer we went on a tour of Europe.
excursion
a short journey by a group of people to visit a place, especially while they are on holiday:
• The cost of the holiday includes excursions to nearby places of interest.
expedition
a long and carefully organized journey, especially to a dangerous or unfamiliar place:
• Scott’s expedition to the Antarctic • a military expedition
commute
the journey to and from work that someone does every day:
• People are fed up with the daily commute on overcrowded trains.
pilgrimage
a journey to a holy place for religious reasons:
• the annual pilgrimage to Mecca
trek
a long journey, for example over mountains or through forests, especially one that people do on foot for pleasure:
• a two-week trek across the Atlas Mountains
travel
noun [ uncountable ] the general activity of moving from one place to another:
• Her new job involves a lot of travel.
sb’s travels
noun [ plural ] someone’s journeys to or in places that are far away:
• I’m longing to hear all about your travels in China.
by plane/boat/car/bicycle etc
flight
a journey by air:
• You should check in at the airport two hours before your flight.
voyage
a long journey over the sea:
• MacArthur’s epic round-the-world voyage
crossing
a short journey by boat from one piece of land to another:
• A 30-minute ferry crossing takes you to the island.
cruise
a journey by boat for pleasure:
• a Mediterranean cruise • a cruise down the Nile
drive
a journey in a car, often for pleasure:
• The drive through the mountains was absolutely beautiful.
ride
a short journey in a car, or on a bicycle or horse:
• It’s a twenty-minute taxi ride to the station. • a bike ride
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noun ADJ. long, marathon | brief, short | outward | homeward, return | onward The bus driver told us where to change buses for our onward journey. | bus, car, rail, railway, train, etc. | five-mile, four-hour, etc. | comfortable, easy, good, pleasant, safe I hope you had a good journey. Have a safe journey. | arduous, awkward, bad, difficult, gruelling, hard, tedious, terrible, tiring, tortuous | dangerous, hazardous, perilous | overland | cross-country | daily | overnight | epic an epic journey across Africa on foot | wasted The library was closed when I got there, so it was a wasted journey. | emotional, sentimental, spiritual He made the emotional journey back to the house he grew up in. VERB + JOURNEY go on, have, make He wasn't there and we had a wasted journey. | break We broke our return journey in San Francisco. | begin, set out on | continue, resume They continued their journey on foot. | complete JOURNEY + VERB take (sb) The journey takes about five hours. His journey took him across central Asia. | begin | end JOURNEY + NOUN time PREP. on ~ They were on a journey to the Far East. | ~ by a journey by air/bus/land/rail/sea, etc. | ~ across, ~ between, ~ down the journey down the Rhine | ~ from, ~ of a journey of 300 miles a journey of five days | ~ through, ~ to The bus journey from London to Athens took 60 hours. | ~ up PHRASES be tired after/from a journey, a leg/stage of a journey Dawn was breaking as we set out on the last leg of our journey.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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journey
verbs
make a journey
• I still use my car, but now I make fewer journeys.
go on a journey
(= make a long journey )
• We are going on a journey to a strange country.
begin/start a journey
• He began the journey home across London.
set off on a journey
( also embark on a journey formal ) (= start a long journey )
• Before setting off on a journey, look at maps and guidebooks.
break your journey
(= make a short stop on a journey )
• We broke our journey to have a picnic.
continue your journey
• We stopped for breakfast, then continued our journey.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + journey
a car/plane/bus etc journey
• the six-hour train journey to London
a long journey
• They arrived tired from their long journey.
a difficult journey
• It was a difficult journey, especially in the winter months.
a safe journey
(= used especially to wish someone a good journey )
• Have a safe journey.
an epic journey
(= a very long and eventful journey )
• Lewis and Clark made their epic journey across the continental United States in the early 1800s.
a wasted journey
(= one that did not achieve the result you wanted )
• To avoid a wasted journey, ring first to check that the event is still on.
a dangerous/hazardous/perilous journey
• They set off on the dangerous journey down the river.
an arduous journey
(= to a place that is difficult to reach )
• the arduous journey to the North Pole
the return journey
(= the journey back from a place )
• The return journey was uneventful.
the homeward journey
(= the journey back home )
• In the car on their homeward journey, they discussed the wedding.
phrases
a leg/stage of a journey
(= one part of a journey )
• We set off on the final leg of our journey.
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