# journey

Pronunciation: say "JUR-nee" US /ˈd͡ʒɝni/, UK /ˈd͡ʒɜːni/

## Noun

1. A single trip or voyage from one place to another, considered as one unit of travel.
   - Simple: A trip from one place to another, taken as a single unit of travel.
   - _Their journey across the desert lasted nearly two weeks._
   - _She recorded every stage of the journey in a small notebook._
2. A process or progression imagined as a journey, especially one involving hardship or personal growth.
   - Simple: A long process of changing or growing, often with hard parts along the way.
   - _Recovery from addiction is often described as a lifelong journey._
   - _The company's journey from a garage startup to a household name spanned a decade._

## Verb

3. To travel; to make a trip or voyage from one place to another.
   - Simple: To travel from one place to another, usually over a long distance.
   - _Pilgrims journey to the shrine each spring._
   - _She journeyed alone through three countries before returning home._

## Noun

4. A day's travel, or the distance covered over the course of a single day. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The distance a person travels in a single day.
5. A single day regarded as a unit of time. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A single day, from morning until night.
6. The amount of work completed in one day. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The amount of work done in a single day.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A group of giraffes considered together as a single unit.
- (noun) The weight of finished coins handed over in a single delivery to the Master of the Mint.
- (noun) The period taken to melt a single batch of glass and work it up completely.

## Origin

It comes from Middle English "journe", from Old French "jornee", which traces back through Vulgar Latin and Late Latin to Latin "diurnus" and "dies" ("day"). It replaced the native Old English words "fær" and "faru".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/journey (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).