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journy

journy is the obsolete form of journey.

Meaning of journey

Noun

journey (plural journeys)

  1. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
    • The journey to London takes two hours by train.
  2. (figuratively) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
    • the journey to political freedom
  3. The progress of a customer through a system, often a computer system.
    • We need to map out the user journey and make it more efficient.
  4. (obsolete) A day.
  5. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
  6. (obsolete) A day's work.
    • But whan ye haue done that Iourney ye shal promyse me as ye are a true knyght for to go with me and to helpe me / and other damoysels that are distressid dayly with a fals knyghte / All your entente damoysel and desyre I wylle fulfylle / soo ye wyl brynge me vnto this knyghte1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI

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Forms of journy

pluraljournies

Questions about journy

What is journy the obsolete form of?
Journy is the obsolete form of journey.

Words near journy in the dictionary

  1. journeyworker
  2. journeyworkers
  3. journies
  4. journo
  5. journos
  6. journy
  7. jours
  8. jours fixes
  9. Jous
  10. Jousseaume
  11. joust

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