itinerary
English
Etymology
From Late Latin itinerarius (“pertaining to a journey”), neuter itinerārium (“an account of a journey, a road-book”), from iter (“a way, journey”); see itinerate, itinerant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /aɪˈtɪnə(ɹə)ɹi/
- (US) IPA(key): /aɪˈtɪnəɹɛɹi/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
itinerary (plural itineraries)
- A written schedule of activities for a vacation or road trip.
- A route or proposed route of a journey.
- 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:
- The length of the Wengernalp Railway from Lauterbrunnen over the Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald or vice versa, Riggenbach rack-and-pinion operated throughout, should be a "must" in the itinerary of every Oberland tourist; [...].
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- An account or record of a journey.
- A guidebook for travellers.
Translations
route or proposed route of a journey
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account or record of a journey
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guidebook for travellers
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Adjective
itinerary (comparative more itinerary, superlative most itinerary)
- itinerant; travelling from place to place; done on a journey
- 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, OCLC 1086746628:
- It were rather an itinerary circuit of justice than a progress.
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Further reading
- itinerary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- itinerary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- itinerary at OneLook Dictionary Search