voyage (ˈvɔɪɪdʒ
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Definitions
noun
- a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air
- obsolete an ambitious project
verb
- to travel over or traverse (something) ⇒
we will voyage to Africa
Alternative Forms
ˈvoyager nounWord Origin
C13: from Old French veiage, from Latin viāticum provision for travelling, from viāticus concerning a journey, from via a wayUsage examples
And whenever you return to port, you can be sure I'll be waiting on the quay to hear about the voyage.
, Absolute Truths (1994)The voyage finished in London, where Ridgway is preparing a huge petition to help save the albatross.
Yachting Boating World (2004)The accident happened as the newly refurbished submarine was making its maiden voyage to Canada.
canada.com (2005)They, more than anyone, would have been heartbroken by the suffering their children had endured on the two-week voyage.
Glasgow Herald (2001)On board the Carlo Alberto for this unexpected voyage north was an entirely new kind of detector which Marconi had only just put together.
, SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution (2003)