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 preserve is such hardy stuff, in fact, that Christopher Columbus packed it alongside salt cod and hardtack on his transatlantic voyages.

From Popular-Science

Other data do suggest that ancient humans could have deliberately made the voyage to the Ryukyu Islands.

From Science News

It is unlikely that ancient mariners would have set out on an ocean voyage with a major storm on the horizon, say paleoanthropologist Yousuke Kaifu of the University of Tokyo and colleagues.

From Science News

Days after the Diamond Princess evacuation, a ship from the same company, the Grand Princess, set sail from San Francisco on another ill-fated voyage.

From ProPublica

A statue of its namesake explorer stands in the lobby, near a chart of Cook’s voyages.

From ProPublica

It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.

From The Daily Beast

People might be surprised that during that period “Maiden Voyage,” one of your most well-loved standards, began as a TV jingle.

From The Daily Beast

It has now been revealed that Princess Beatrice will not be among those who will ultimately voyage with Virgin Galactic.

From The Daily Beast

The turbulent waters caused one of his oars to crack, which—without a motor or a sail—can be severely detrimental to his voyage.

From The Daily Beast

The voyage is a new one, certainly for Tambor, but also for Hollywood, in many ways.

From The Daily Beast

Roman Pane who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage alludes to another method of using the herb.

From Project Gutenberg

Henry Hudson sailed from Gravesend on his first voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage to India.

From Project Gutenberg

I shipped for a voyage to Japan and China, and spent several more years trying to penetrate the forbidden fastnesses of Tibet.

From Project Gutenberg

The Swedish boatswain consoled him, and he modified his opinions as the voyage went on.

From Project Gutenberg

Capt. Ross sailed from Shetland, on his first voyage for the discovery of the north-west passage.

From Project Gutenberg