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/

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Noun

itinerary (plural itineraries)

1. A written schedule of activities for a vacation or road trip.
2. 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; [...].

3. An account or record of a journey.
4. A guidebook for travellers.

Translations

Adjective

itinerary (comparative more itinerary, superlative most itinerary)

1. 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 Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:

     It were rather an itinerary circuit of justice than a progress.

Further reading

• “itinerary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “itinerary”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “itinerary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.