Travel / B2

VOY-ij/ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/

A voyage is a long journey by sea or in space: a sea voyage; voyage to. Journey is everyday and any transport; trip is shorter; cruise is often a holiday at a steady speed (already contrasted in B2). Date the voyage in the source, then the destination. Mix-up: voyage vs volume; voyage vs voyager as a brand; do not write voyage for a bus ride across town.

Meaning

A long journey by sea or in space.

Examples

• “Date the voyage in the source, then the destination, the geography paper said.”
• “A space voyage featured in the physics case, which is still a named probe — quote the year if given.”

Good to know

a sea / ocean / space voyage; voyage to / from. Everyday: journey. Shorter: trip. Holiday twin: cruise. Trap: volume / a bus ride. Geography, history, and science. Long sea or space journey — date it and name the destination.

Near in meaning

journey, passage, crossing

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