noun/verb · formal
voyage
/ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/VOY·age
Band 7+speakingtask2
a long journey, especially by sea
Examples
“They embarked on a voyage across the Atlantic.”
“Many 19th‑century voyages were dangerous and unpredictable.”
“The ship voyaged slowly through icy waters.”
Band 8 sentence
“The historian reconstructed the merchant's voyage using ship logs and port records.”
Collocations
- transatlantic voyage
- embark on a voyage
Word family
voyage noun/verbvoyager noun
Common mistakes
do a voyage→take/go on a voyage
have a voyage to Europe→take a voyage to Europe
Say it for a higher band
5trip→6journey→7+voyage
Synonyms
journey
crossing
Easily confused
trip
“They took a week‑long trip along the coast.”
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