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- [jur-nee]
- /ˈdʒɜr ni/
- /ˈdʒɜː.ni/
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- [jur-nee]
- /ˈdʒɜr ni/
Definitions of journeying word
- noun plural journeying a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert. 1
- noun plural journeying a distance, course, or area traveled or suitable for traveling: a desert journey. 1
- noun plural journeying a period of travel: a week's journey. 1
- noun plural journeying passage or progress from one stage to another: the journey to success. 1
- verb without object journeying to make a journey; travel. 1
- noun journeying Present participle of journey. 1
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Origin of journeying
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English journee day < Old French < Vulgar Latin *diurnāta a day's time, day's work, etc., equivalent to Latin diurn(us) daily + -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate1; see -ade1
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Parts of speech for Journeying
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
journeying popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
journeying usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for journeying
noun journeying
- voyaging — a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
- interoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- motility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
- movement — the act, process, or result of moving.
adjective journeying
- itinerant — traveling from place to place, especially on a circuit, as a minister, judge, or sales representative; itinerating; journeying.
- touring — a traveling around from place to place.
- perambulate — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
- on foot — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
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