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# voyage

noun (a voyage, voyages); verb (voyage, voyages, voyaged, voyaging)

«voyage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A voyage is a long journey, especially by sea or in space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voyage/#m1)
2. (verb) To voyage is to travel a long way, usually by ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voyage/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons explorers made voyages across oceans; Captain Cook made voyages to Australia and New Zealand. In stories a voyage is an adventure at sea. In science, space probes make voyages to other planets. Phrases: go on a voyage, a sea voyage, a maiden voyage (the first trip of a new ship).

### Examples

- The voyage across the ocean took many weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voyage/#x1)
- Captain Cook sailed on long voyages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voyage/#x2)
- The ship sank on its maiden voyage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voyage/#x3)
- The space probe began its voyage to Mars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voyage/#x4)
- We read a story about a voyage to a magic island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voyage/#x5)
- The sailors voyaged far from home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voyage/#x6)
- After a six days' voyage they at length sighted land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voyage/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced VOY-ij. Countable. A «voyage» is long; a short trip is a «trip» or «journey». In French «voyage» means any travel, but in English it is mostly a long sea or space journey.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «voyage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voyage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«voyage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/voyage.html) on Mova free.