journey
/ˈd͡ʒɝni/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.65 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
noun
The progress of a customer through a system, often a computer system.
noun
The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
Example Sentences
- "The journey to London takes two hours by train."
- "“Don't set out on a journey using someone else's donkey.” ~ African proverb"
- "Or is it, that when human Souls a journey long have had, / And are returned into themselves, they cannot be but sad?"
- "the journey to political freedom"
- "my journey of dealing with grief"
- "Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work."
Etymology
From Middle English journe, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from diēs (“day”). Displaced native Old English fær and Old English faru.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dyew-, journe, jornee, *diurnāta, diurnum, diurnus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒɝni/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒɜːni/