# journeying

Pronunciation: say "JUR-nee-ing" US /ˈd͡ʒɝniɪŋ/, UK /ˈd͡ʒɜːniɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act or process of traveling, especially over long distances or from place to place.
   - Simple: The act of traveling from one place to another.
   - _Months of journeying across the steppe finally brought the caravan to the coast._
   - _Her journeying took her through countries she had only ever read about._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of journey. — present participle and gerund of journey
   - Simple: Present participle of journey. Use this form when someone is traveling right now.
   - _The pilgrims were journeying toward the holy city when winter set in._
   - _Journeying by night, the smugglers slipped past the border patrols._

## Origin

From Middle English journeyinge, equivalent to journey plus the suffix -ing.

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