voyage

[ voi-ij ]

noun

1. a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.

   Synonyms: cruise

2. a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle.
3. a journey or expedition from one place to another by land.
4. Often voyages. journeys or travels as the subject of a written account, or the account itself:

   the voyages of Marco Polo.

5. Obsolete. an enterprise or undertaking.

verb (used without object)

, voy·aged, voy·ag·ing.

1. to make or take a voyage; travel; journey.

verb (used with object)

, voy·aged, voy·ag·ing.

1. to traverse by a voyage:

   to voyage the seven seas.

voyage

/ ˈvɔɪɪdʒ /

noun

1. a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air
2. obsolete.
   an ambitious project

verb

1. to travel over or traverse (something)

   we will voyage to Africa

Derived Forms

• ˈvoyager, noun

Other Words From

• voyag·er noun
• outvoyage verb (used with object) outvoyaged outvoyaging
• re·voyage noun verb revoyaged revoyaging
• un·voyag·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of voyage¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ve(i)age, viage, voyage, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin viāticum “travel-money”; viaticum

Word History and Origins

Origin of voyage¹

C13: from Old French veiage, from Latin viāticum provision for travelling, from viāticus concerning a journey, from via a way

Idioms and Phrases

see maiden voyage .

Synonym Study

See trip ¹.

Example Sentences

The ship had cost £5.5m - and after a few months of fitting out, it made its maiden voyage off Scotland's west coast in December.

From BBC

The closest vessel was the Disney Treasure, which was travelling from Europe to the US to prepare for its maiden voyage and was 80 miles away when it responded.

From BBC

The leisurely cruise could turn into a turbulent voyage.

From Los Angeles Times

Unsure what it would be like voyaging with so many youngsters, she booked a short four-day journey.

From Los Angeles Times

So too is the Balearic island of Mallorca, with the theory that Columbus was the illegitimate son of the prince of Viana, brother of King Ferdinand, who endorsed his breakthrough voyage.

From BBC