voyage

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US /ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/
noun verb Freq #6987

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A long journey, especially by ship.

    He went on a voyage to France.

  2. 2
    noun

    A written account of a journey or travel.

    I cannot learn what his Name was, unleſs by the Inſcription of the Letters he ſent to the Pope, and to the French King in the Year 1688, mentioned in the ſecond Voyage of Father Tachard […]

  3. 3
    noun

    The act or practice of travelling.

    [...] [A]ll Nations haue Enterknowledge one of another, either by Voyage into Forreine Parts, or by Strangers that come to them: [...]

  4. 4
    verb

    To go on a long journey.

    A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.

  5. 5
    noun

    a journey to some distant place

  6. 6
    noun

    an act of traveling by water

  7. 7
    verb

    travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

Etymology

From Middle English viage, borrowed from Anglo-Norman viage and Old French voiage, from Latin viaticum. The modern spelling is under the influence of Modern French voyage. Doublet of viaticum.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
6 noun · an act of traveling by water ocean trip
7 verb · travel on water propelled... navigatesail
Word family
Related forms envoy

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