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travel
[ trav-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey:
to travel for pleasure.
- to move or go from one place or point to another.
- to proceed or advance in any way.
- to go from place to place as a representative of a business firm.
- to associate or consort:
He travels in a wealthy crowd.
- Informal. to move with speed.
- to pass, or be transmitted, as light or sound.
- Basketball. (of a player in possession of the ball) to take more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball.
- to move in a fixed course, as a piece of mechanism.
verb (used with object)
- to travel, journey, or pass through or over, as a country or road.
- to journey or traverse (a specified distance):
We traveled a hundred miles.
- to cause to journey; ship:
to travel logs downriver.
noun
- the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
to travel to other planets.
- travels,
- journeys as the subject of a written account or literary work:
a book of travels.
- such an account or work.
- the coming and going of persons or conveyances along a way of passage; traffic:
an increase in travel on state roads.
- Basketball. an instance of traveling with the ball.
- Machinery.
- the complete movement of a moving part, especially a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed; stroke.
- length of stroke.
- movement or passage in general:
to reduce the travel of food from kitchen to table.
adjective
- used or designed for use while traveling:
a travel alarm clock.
travel
/ ˈtrævəl /
verb
- to go, move, or journey from one place to another
she travelled across France
he travels to improve his mind
- tr to go, move, or journey through or across (an area, region, etc)
he travelled the country
- to go, move, or cover a specified or unspecified distance
- to go from place to place as a salesman
to travel in textiles
- (esp of perishable goods) to withstand a journey
- (of light, sound, etc) to be transmitted or move
the sound travelled for miles
- to progress or advance
- basketball to take an excessive number of steps while holding the ball
- (of part of a mechanism) to move in a fixed predetermined path
- informal.to move rapidly
that car certainly travels
- informal.often foll by with to be in the company (of); associate
noun
- the act of travelling
- ( as modifier ) itinerant
a travel brochure
- usually plural a tour or journey
- the distance moved by a mechanical part, such as the stroke of a piston
- movement or passage
Spelling Note
Other Words From
- travel·a·ble adjective
- non·travel·ing adjective
- non·travel·ling adjective
- outtravel verb (used with object) outtraveled outtraveling or (especially British) outtravelled outtravelling
- pre·travel noun verb pretraveled pretraveling or (especially British) pretravelled pretravelling
- un·travel·ing adjective
- un·travel·ling adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of travel1
Word History and Origins
Origin of travel1
Example Sentences
López said she could not travel to Mexico because she is undocumented.
Sound waves traveling thousands of kilometers through the ocean may help scientists monitor climate change.
Biden traveled to the state days later, meeting with the Blake family and calling for unity and healing in the community, though he, too, denounced the violence that followed the shooting.
TripActions says it has added nearly 500 new corporate customers since March, a surprising achievement at a time when most employees are still not traveling freely.
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, which was first identified in China in December, has had sweeping effects in the public health, business, and travel sectors, among others.
You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
He did travel to China and Australia while the story was unfolding.
In doing so he exposed the failure of other airlines in the region to see the huge pent-up demand for cheap travel.
“The tribe is really made of people who put travel as a priority in their entire lifestyle,” says Evita.
Brands like Lo & Sons and Delsey are already tapping Travel Noire to connect with black travelers.
One thing was certain: Grandfather Mole could travel much faster through the water than he could underground.
The mothers know better than any one else how hard a way the little girl will have to travel through life.
He could lie in bed and string himself tales of travel and adventure while Harry was downstairs.
Under ordinary circumstances these men can travel with their burden from twenty to thirty miles a day.
The rules regulating travel on highways in this country are called, "the law of the road."
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