A2 noun
journey
/ˈdʒɜːni/
- Meaning
- an act of travelling from one place to another, especially a long distance
- Example
- "The journey from Cairo to Alexandria takes about three hours."
- Similar & related words
- tripvoyagetravelsexpeditiontraveltripcommute
- How to use it
- As a noun, "journey" usually appears with an article (a/an/the) or a possessive. Try counting how many times you can use it in one sentence about your own life, then write one sentence about yesterday.
- Common mistake
- 'Travel' is usually uncountable (I like travel), 'journey' is the countable noun for one instance (a long journey), and 'trip' is for there-and-back.