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journey
What does journey mean?
journey (noun): a set amount of traveling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce journey?
/ˈdʒɝni/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does journey come from?
From Middle English journe, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from diēs (“day”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “journey” mean?
vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
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a set amount of traveling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage
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an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
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a difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation
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