noun · formal
sojourn
UK/ˈsəʊdʒən/US/ˈsoʊdʒərn/SOJ·urn
Band 7+speakingtask2
a short stay in a place
Examples
“Her sojourn in Florence lasted six weeks while she studied painting.”
“We enjoyed a brief sojourn in the countryside between jobs.”
“During his sojourn at the university, he wrote several short stories.”
Band 8 sentence
“His two-month sojourn in Kyoto allowed him to study the tea ceremony properly.”
Collocations
- brief sojourn
- sojourn in
Word family
sojourn noun / verbsojourner noun
Common mistakes
I had a long journey in Paris.→I had a long sojourn in Paris.
Say it for a higher band
5stay→6short stay→7+sojourn
Synonyms
stay
stopover
Easily confused
stopover
“She had a short sojourn in Paris before flying to Lisbon.”
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