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voy·age

 (voi′ĭj)
n.
1. A long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea.
2.
a. often voyages The events of a journey of exploration or discovery considered as material for a narrative.
b. Such a narrative.
v. voy·aged, voy·ag·ing, voy·ag·es
v.intr.
To make a voyage.
v.tr.
To sail across; traverse: voyaged the western ocean.

[Middle English, from Old French veyage, from Late Latin viāticum, a journey, from Latin, provisions for a journey, from neuter of viāticus, of a journey, from via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

voy′ag·er n.
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voyage

(ˈvɔɪɪdʒ)
n
1. a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air
2. obsolete an ambitious project
vb
to travel over or traverse (something): we will voyage to Africa.
[C13: from Old French veiage, from Latin viāticum provision for travelling, from viāticus concerning a journey, from via a way]
ˈvoyager n
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voy•age

(ˈvɔɪ ɪdʒ)

n., v. -aged, -ag•ing. n.
1. a course of travel or passage, esp. a long journey by water to a distant place.
2. a passage or journey through air or space.
3. a journey or expedition by land.
4. Often, voyages. journeys or travels as the subject of a written account, or the account itself.
5. Obs. an enterprise or undertaking.
v.i.
6. to make or take a voyage; travel; journey.
v.t.
7. to traverse by a voyage.
[1250–1300; Middle English ve(i)age, viage, voyage < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin viāticum travel-money; see viaticum]
voy′ag•er, n.
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journey

tripvoyageexcursion
1. 'journey'

A journey is the process of travelling from one place to another by land, air, or sea.

There is a direct train from London Paddington to Penzance. The journey takes around 5 hours.
This service will save thousands of long-distance lorry journeys on Britain's roads.
2. 'trip'

A trip is the process of travelling from one place to another, staying there, usually for a short time, and coming back again.

Lucy is away on a business trip to Milan.
They went on a day trip to the seaside.
3. 'voyage'

A voyage is a long journey from one place to another in a ship or spacecraft.

The ship's voyage is over.
...the voyage to the moon in 1972.
4. 'excursion'

An excursion is a short trip made either as a tourist or in order to do a particular thing.

The tourist office organizes excursions to the palace.
5. verbs used with 'journey', 'trip', 'voyage' and 'excursion'

You make or go on a journey.

He made the long journey to India.

You take or go on a trip.

We took a bus trip to Manchester.

You make a voyage.

The ship made the 4,000-kilometre voyage across the Atlantic.

You go on an excursion.

Students went on an excursion to the Natural History Museum.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'do' with any of these words. Don't say, for example, 'We did a bus trip'.

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voyage


Past participle: voyaged
Gerund: voyaging

Imperative
voyage
voyage
Present
I voyage
you voyage
he/she/it voyages
we voyage
you voyage
they voyage
Preterite
I voyaged
you voyaged
he/she/it voyaged
we voyaged
you voyaged
they voyaged
Present Continuous
I am voyaging
you are voyaging
he/she/it is voyaging
we are voyaging
you are voyaging
they are voyaging
Present Perfect
I have voyaged
you have voyaged
he/she/it has voyaged
we have voyaged
you have voyaged
they have voyaged
Past Continuous
I was voyaging
you were voyaging
he/she/it was voyaging
we were voyaging
you were voyaging
they were voyaging
Past Perfect
I had voyaged
you had voyaged
he/she/it had voyaged
we had voyaged
you had voyaged
they had voyaged
Future
I will voyage
you will voyage
he/she/it will voyage
we will voyage
you will voyage
they will voyage
Future Perfect
I will have voyaged
you will have voyaged
he/she/it will have voyaged
we will have voyaged
you will have voyaged
they will have voyaged
Future Continuous
I will be voyaging
you will be voyaging
he/she/it will be voyaging
we will be voyaging
you will be voyaging
they will be voyaging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been voyaging
you have been voyaging
he/she/it has been voyaging
we have been voyaging
you have been voyaging
they have been voyaging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been voyaging
you will have been voyaging
he/she/it will have been voyaging
we will have been voyaging
you will have been voyaging
they will have been voyaging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been voyaging
you had been voyaging
he/she/it had been voyaging
we had been voyaging
you had been voyaging
they had been voyaging
Conditional
I would voyage
you would voyage
he/she/it would voyage
we would voyage
you would voyage
they would voyage
Past Conditional
I would have voyaged
you would have voyaged
he/she/it would have voyaged
we would have voyaged
you would have voyaged
they would have voyaged
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.voyage - an act of traveling by watervoyage - an act of traveling by water  
cruise, sail - an ocean trip taken for pleasure
maiden voyage - the first voyage of its kind; "in 1912 the ocean liner Titanic sank on its maiden voyage"
water travel, seafaring - travel by water
2.voyage - a journey to some distant placevoyage - a journey to some distant place  
journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another
crossing - a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
space travel, spacefaring, spaceflight - a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere
Verb1.voyage - travel on water propelled by wind or by other meansvoyage - travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"
astrogate - navigate in space
cruise - sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing; "We were cruising in the Caribbean"
journey, travel - undertake a journey or trip
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voyage

noun
1. journey, travels, trip, passage, expedition, crossing, sail, cruise, excursion He aims to follow Columbus's voyage to the West Indies.
verb
1. travel, journey, tour, cruise, steam, take a trip, go on an expedition The boat is currently voyaging through the Barents Sea.
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voyage

noun
A journey undertaken with a specific objective:
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Translations
رِحْلَهيقومُ بِرِحْلَه
plavbaplavit se
rejse
matka
utazás
ferîalagferîast ; sigla
keliautikelionė
ceļot/brauktjūras ceļojums
călătorie
potovanje
resa
deniz/uzay yolculuğuseyahatyolculuk etmek

voyage

[ˈvɔɪɪdʒ]
A. Nviaje m (por mar, por el espacio); (= crossing) → travesía f
the voyage outel viaje de ida
the voyage homeel viaje de regreso or de vuelta
B. VIviajar (por mar, por el espacio)
to voyage across unknown seasviajar por mares desconocidos
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voyage

[ˈvɔɪɪdʒ]
n
(by sea)voyage m
(in space)vol m
vivoguer
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voyage

n
Reise f, → Fahrt f; (esp by sea) → Seereise f; (Aviat) → Flug m, → Reise f; (Space) → Flug m; to go on a voyageauf eine Reise etc gehen; to make a voyageeine Reise etc machen; the voyage outdie Hinreise; (Aviat) → der Hinflug; the voyage back or homedie Rück- or Heimreise; (Aviat) → der Rückflug
(fig) voyage of discoveryEntdeckungsreise f
vieine Seereise machen; (spaceship)fliegen; to voyage across an oceaneinen Ozean überqueren
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voyage

[ˈvɔɪɪdʒ] nviaggio per mare
the voyage out/back → il viaggio di andata/di ritorno
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voyage

(ˈvoiidʒ) noun
a usually long journey, especially by sea. The voyage to America used to take many weeks.
verb
to make such a journey. They voyaged for many months.
ˈvoyager noun
an old word for a person making a voyage, or who has made several voyages.
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References in classic literature ?
The seamen soon knew whence I came last: they were curious to inquire into my voyages and course of life.
Having said thus much touching the usual length of these voyages, when I inform the reader that ours had as it were just commenced, we being only fifteen months out, and even at that time hailed as a late arrival and boarded for news, he will readily perceive that there was little to encourage one in looking forward to the future, especially as I had always had a presentiment that we should make an unfortunate voyage, and our experience so far had justified the expectation.
I have read with ardour the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas which surround the pole.
I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scientific person on board, accompanied by an offer from him of giving up part of his own accommodations, that I volunteered my services, which received, through the kindness of the hydrographer, Captain Beaufort, the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty.
I thought no end of him, and that is why I remember with a peculiar satisfaction the last words he spoke to me on board his ship after an eighteen months' voyage. It was in the dock in Dundee, where we had brought a full cargo of jute from Calcutta.
Their voyage was pleasant, notwithstanding the perils by sea and land, with which they were environed.
THAT evil influence which carried me first away from my father's house - which hurried me into the wild and indigested notion of raising my fortune, and that impressed those conceits so forcibly upon me as to make me deaf to all good advice, and to the entreaties and even the commands of my father - I say, the same influence, whatever it was, presented the most unfortunate of all enterprises to my view; and I went on board a vessel bound to the coast of Africa; or, as our sailors vulgarly called it, a voyage to Guinea.
Why upon your first voyage as a passenger, did you yourself feel such a mystical vibration, when first told that you and your ship were now out of sight of land?
As they proceeded on their voyage and got into the smooth seas and pleasant weather of the tropics, other annoyances occurred to vex the spirit of the captain.
The rush for the "sole paper which had the news," was something beyond even the prodigious ; and, in fact, if (as some assert) the "Victoria" did not absolutely accomplish the voyage recorded, it will be difficult to assign a reason why she should not have accomplished it.]
The voyage was a skilful and lucky one; and returning to her berth with her hold full of the precious sperm, the Amelia's example was soon followed by other ships, English and American, and thus the vast Sperm Whale grounds of the Pacific were thrown open.
Blandly and the like, coming off to wish him a good voyage and a safe return.