Odyssey
noun
A long journey full of adventures or experiences.
After graduating, he embarked on an odyssey around the world.
Often appears as...
- a personal odyssey
- an epic odyssey
noun
A series of experiences that give knowledge or understanding to someone.
Starting a business can be an odyssey of frustration and reward.
Often appears as...
- an artistic odyssey
- a spiritual odyssey
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Approving
noun
A long journey full of adventures or experiences.
After graduating, he embarked on an odyssey around the world.
Often appears as...
- a personal odyssey
- an epic odyssey
noun
A series of experiences that give knowledge or understanding to someone.
Starting a business can be an odyssey of frustration and reward.
Often appears as...
- an artistic odyssey
- a spiritual odyssey
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Epic Scale
Refers to extensive, grand journeys or life experiences, not short trips.
Her backpacking trip across Asia was a true odyssey.
Pro Tip 2/3Adventure Implied
Suggests a trip with significant events and challenges, not just travel.
His odyssey through the Amazon jungle tested his survival skills.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can describe any long, complex process, not just physical travel.
The novel is an odyssey of human spirit.
Pro Tip 1/3Epic Scale
Refers to extensive, grand journeys or life experiences, not short trips.
Her backpacking trip across Asia was a true odyssey.
Pro Tip 2/3Adventure Implied
Suggests a trip with significant events and challenges, not just travel.
His odyssey through the Amazon jungle tested his survival skills.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can describe any long, complex process, not just physical travel.
The novel is an odyssey of human spirit.
Pro Tip 1/3Epic Scale
Refers to extensive, grand journeys or life experiences, not short trips.
Her backpacking trip across Asia was a true odyssey.
Pro Tip 2/3Adventure Implied
Suggests a trip with significant events and challenges, not just travel.
His odyssey through the Amazon jungle tested his survival skills.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can describe any long, complex process, not just physical travel.
The novel is an odyssey of human spirit.
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A Traveling Circus and...
national geographic a show where we eavesdrop on the wild conversations we have here at nat geo and follow them to the edges of our big weird beautiful world this week a story of a circus caught in a foreign country during a global pandemic and their strange odyssey back home
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What does the universe...
in this show, I take people of all vision levels and bring them on an audio tour of the universe, from the night sky all the way out to the edge of the observable universe. But even this is just the start of a musical odyssey
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The Hidden Power of Sad...
our culture is afraid of the dark. And that all this normative sunshine can distract you from your rightful heritage. In Homer's "Odyssey," it was homesickness, it was the longing for home
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Your body was forged in...
and continues today, within the confines of our humanity. Our atoms in our body have embarked on an epic odyssey, with time spans from billions of years to mere centuries,
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Don't fear superintellige...
Now, in scientific terms, we call this a very bad idea. Around that same time, Stanley Kubrick's A Space Odyssey" came to the theaters, and my life was forever changed.
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Amir Nizar Zuabi: A...
on her epic odyssey. It's important to say that "The Walk" is not a walk of misery. This is a walk of pride. We want to challenge the perception about the refugees.
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Earworms: Those songs...
we'll use it as the starting point for a scientific odyssey that will unlock important mysteries about basic cognition. And if not, well, we can just shake it off.
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Everything you need to...
How do we make sense of such a massive text that comes from and tells of a world so far away? The fact that we can read the "Odyssey" at all is pretty incredible,
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The Life of a Baby Polar...
- Before becoming the biggest land predator on the planet, polar bears are born small and helpless. They must then embark on an odyssey,
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Flight of the Dung...
the beetle it's an odyssey termite mounds tower like skyscrapers tiny pebbles seem like boulders
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A Traveling Circus and...
national geographic a show where we eavesdrop on the wild conversations we have here at nat geo and follow them to the edges of our big weird beautiful world this week a story of a circus caught in a foreign country during a global pandemic and their strange odyssey back home
Video examples
What does the universe...
in this show, I take people of all vision levels and bring them on an audio tour of the universe, from the night sky all the way out to the edge of the observable universe. But even this is just the start of a musical odyssey
Video examples
The Hidden Power of Sad...
our culture is afraid of the dark. And that all this normative sunshine can distract you from your rightful heritage. In Homer's "Odyssey," it was homesickness, it was the longing for home
Video examples
Your body was forged in...
and continues today, within the confines of our humanity. Our atoms in our body have embarked on an epic odyssey, with time spans from billions of years to mere centuries,
Video examples
Don't fear superintellige...
Now, in scientific terms, we call this a very bad idea. Around that same time, Stanley Kubrick's A Space Odyssey" came to the theaters, and my life was forever changed.
Video examples
Amir Nizar Zuabi: A...
on her epic odyssey. It's important to say that "The Walk" is not a walk of misery. This is a walk of pride. We want to challenge the perception about the refugees.
Video examples
Earworms: Those songs...
we'll use it as the starting point for a scientific odyssey that will unlock important mysteries about basic cognition. And if not, well, we can just shake it off.
Video examples
Everything you need to...
How do we make sense of such a massive text that comes from and tells of a world so far away? The fact that we can read the "Odyssey" at all is pretty incredible,
Video examples
The Life of a Baby Polar...
- Before becoming the biggest land predator on the planet, polar bears are born small and helpless. They must then embark on an odyssey,
Video examples
Flight of the Dung...
the beetle it's an odyssey termite mounds tower like skyscrapers tiny pebbles seem like boulders
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Evan Daugherty
American Writer
After 'Divergent,' I got a job rewriting a sci-fi script at Paramount. I think they really liked what I did, so I got a call saying, 'We're about to shoot 'Ninja Turtles' in three or four months; do you wanna come in and do a little work on the script?' That was the beginning of a many-month 'Ninja Turtle' odyssey.
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Moa Kikuchi
Japanese Musician
We are creatures of the earth and live on this planet through the powers of the sun and moon and through all facets of nature so I want our odyssey to the 'Metal Galaxy' to be one that we constantly appreciate how much we are able to travel the world through the power of music.
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Jonny Kim
American Astronaut
I didn't like the person I was growing up to become. I needed to find myself and my identity. And for me, getting out of my comfort zone, getting away from the people I grew up with, and finding adventure, that was my odyssey, and it was the best decision I ever made.
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Rudolfo Anaya
American Author
To me, the fact that the Mexican came North in search of a better life is a tremendous epic that hasn't been written. It's an odyssey that we know nothing about. And they came with a dream for a better life.
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Michael J. Massimino
American Astronaut
My odyssey to become an astronaut kind of started in grad school, and I was working, up at MIT, in space robotics-related work; human and robot working together.
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Pete Hamill
American Journalist
The odyssey is not going out and seeing the world: it's about trying to get home. It's home to the woman you love.
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Raymond Queneau
French Poet
Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey.
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Ryan O'Neal
American Actor
Writing a book is an emotional odyssey, sometimes exhilarating, other times deflating.
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Andrew Wiles
English Mathematician
That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest.
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Rhys Ifans
Welsh Actor
There aren't many odysseys in cinema for characters.
Quote examples
Evan Daugherty
American Writer
After 'Divergent,' I got a job rewriting a sci-fi script at Paramount. I think they really liked what I did, so I got a call saying, 'We're about to shoot 'Ninja Turtles' in three or four months; do you wanna come in and do a little work on the script?' That was the beginning of a many-month 'Ninja Turtle' odyssey.
Quote examples
Moa Kikuchi
Japanese Musician
We are creatures of the earth and live on this planet through the powers of the sun and moon and through all facets of nature so I want our odyssey to the 'Metal Galaxy' to be one that we constantly appreciate how much we are able to travel the world through the power of music.
Quote examples
Jonny Kim
American Astronaut
I didn't like the person I was growing up to become. I needed to find myself and my identity. And for me, getting out of my comfort zone, getting away from the people I grew up with, and finding adventure, that was my odyssey, and it was the best decision I ever made.
Quote examples
Rudolfo Anaya
American Author
To me, the fact that the Mexican came North in search of a better life is a tremendous epic that hasn't been written. It's an odyssey that we know nothing about. And they came with a dream for a better life.
Quote examples
Michael J. Massimino
American Astronaut
My odyssey to become an astronaut kind of started in grad school, and I was working, up at MIT, in space robotics-related work; human and robot working together.
Quote examples
Pete Hamill
American Journalist
The odyssey is not going out and seeing the world: it's about trying to get home. It's home to the woman you love.
Quote examples
Raymond Queneau
French Poet
Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey.
Quote examples
Ryan O'Neal
American Actor
Writing a book is an emotional odyssey, sometimes exhilarating, other times deflating.
Quote examples
Andrew Wiles
English Mathematician
That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest.
Quote examples
Rhys Ifans
Welsh Actor
There aren't many odysseys in cinema for characters.
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