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voyage

noun · /ˈvɔɪədʒ/ · Level 2 · Intermediate

What does voyage mean?

voyage (noun): a long journey, especially by ship.

Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

How do you use voyage in a sentence?

How do you pronounce voyage?

/ˈvɔɪədʒ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.

Where does voyage come from?

From Middle English viage, borrowed from Anglo-Norman viage and Old French voiage, from Latin viaticum.

Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What does “voyage” mean?

more than half (50%) of some group

Not quite: that's what majority means.

a long journey, especially by ship

Right! That's what “voyage” means.

any interconnected group or system

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a device to measure mass or weight

Not quite: that's what scale means.

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