travel
//ˈtɹævəl//
Forms
- present (v1)
- travel
- past participle (v3)
- travelled
- present participle
- travelling
- 3rd person singular
- travels
- Plural
- travels
Definitions
1.To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
- I still travel to work by bus.
- He that feareth oblatration must not travel.
- John seems to spend as much time travelling as he does in the office.
2.To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
- The supposedly secret news of Mary's engagement travelled quickly through her group of friends.
- Soundwaves can travel through water.
3.To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- She was afraid to travel alone.
- I want to travel to the moon.
- Many people like to travel.
4.To travel throughout (a place).
- She was afraid to travel alone.
- I want to travel to the moon.
- Many people like to travel.
1.A series of journeys.
- I’m off on my travels around France again.
- But overall, I think the railway delivered very well on my travels. I'd give it 9/10 - there are just a few little rough edges that need smoothing off.
2.The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
3.The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
- I like travel, but it’s always too tiring.
4.An account of one's travels.
- He released his travels in 1900, two years after returning from Africa.
- CALUAT, s. This in some old travels is used for Ar. khilwat, 'privacy, a private interview' (C. P. Brown, MS.).
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1136
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
PIE word
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