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voyage

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(voiij)

Inflections of 'voyage' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
voyages
v 3rd person singular
voyaging
v pres p
voyaged
v past
voyaged
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
voy•age /ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/USA pronunciation   n., v., -aged, -ag•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. a course of travel or passage or a journey, esp. a long journey by water to a distant place.
  2. a passage or journey through air or space.

v. [no object]
  1. to make or take a voyage;
    travel;
    journey.
voy•ag•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
voy•age  (voiij),USA pronunciation n., v., -aged, -ag•ing. 
n. 
  1. a course of travel or passage, esp. a long journey by water to a distant place.
  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. [Obs.]an enterprise or undertaking.

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

v.t. 
  1. to traverse by a voyage:to voyage the seven seas.
  • Latin viāticum travel-money; see viaticum
  • Anglo-French, Old French
  • Middle English ve(i)age, viage, voyage 1250–1300
voyag•er, n. 
    1. cruise. See trip 1.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
voyage /ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/ n
  1. a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air
vb
  1. to travel over or traverse (something): we will voyage to Africa
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French veiage, from Latin viāticum provision for travelling, from viāticus concerning a journey, from via a wayˈvoyager n
'voyage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: voyage in search of [the Holy Grail, an adventure, new cures], voyage from [the Old World, Europe] to [the New World, America], voyage around the world, more...

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