itinerary
- 01 B1 Intermediate
a list of events, times, and places for a trip you are taking.
a detailed schedule of activities or events for a specific journey or vacation.
Simple“The travel agent sent us a full itinerary for our two-week tour of Italy.”
In context“The conference organisers provided a comprehensive itinerary that balanced keynote speeches with sufficient leisure time for delegates to explore the city.”
PitfallI need to check my travel itineration. I need to check my travel itinerary.The noun for a travel plan is 'itinerary'; 'itineration' is a rare technical term for the act of traveling.
- 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
the path or route you plan to follow on a journey.
the proposed or actual route of a journey.
Simple“We changed our itinerary to avoid the heavy traffic on the main highway.”
In context“The pilot submitted a revised itinerary to air traffic control to bypass the developing storm front over the Atlantic.”
- 03 C1 Advanced
a written record or diary of a journey that has already happened.
an account or record of a journey, often documented for historical or personal purposes.
Simple“The explorer kept a detailed itinerary of every village he visited in the jungle.”
In context“Historians rely on the merchant's meticulously kept itinerary to understand trade patterns in the fifteenth-century Mediterranean.”
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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.