sojourn
/'sɔdʤə:n/
Definition
Noun:
- A temporary stay: A period of time spent living in a place that is not one's permanent home, often as a visitor or guest.
Verb:
- To reside temporarily: To live in a place for a short or limited period of time.
Usage and Examples
Noun:
- His two-year sojourn in Paris greatly influenced his art.
- We enjoyed a brief sojourn at the mountain cabin.
Verb:
- She plans to sojourn in Italy for the summer to study the language.
- Many birds sojourn in this region during their migration.
Advanced Usage
"To make a sojourn": To undertake a temporary stay.
- He made a sojourn to the monastery to find peace.
Used in formal or literary contexts to describe a stay that is often for a specific purpose, such as study, rest, or travel.
Variants and Related Words
- Sojourner (noun): A person who resides temporarily in a place.
- The town was filled with sojourners during the festival season.
Synonyms
- Noun: Visit, stay, stopover, temporary residence.
- Verb: Stay, reside, lodge, dwell (temporarily).
Antonyms
- Noun/Verb: Permanent residence, settle, inhabit (permanently).
Related Phrases and Idioms
- While "sojourn" itself is not typically part of common idioms, it is used in formal phrases like "a sojourn abroad" or "a sojourn in the countryside" to emphasize the temporary and often enriching nature of the stay.
Noun
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a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
Verb
-
spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
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