car·a·van
ˈker-ə-ˌvan 
ˈka-rə-
1
a
: a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions
also
: a train of pack animals
b
: a group of vehicles traveling together (as in a file)
2
a
: a covered wagon or motor vehicle equipped as traveling living quarters
b
British
: trailer sense 1b
caravanned or caravaned; caravanning or caravaning
: to travel in a caravan
Examples of caravan in a Sentence
Noun
a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street
bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California
Verb
We caravaned to the campsite.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
Because of this, each of the trucks accompanying the group’s caravan will be done up in a special livery inspired by the artwork for its most recent album, 72 Seasons.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
The Emiratis and Qataris, too, can finance caravans, trailers, and prefabricated housing.
—Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
The caravan originated in Honduras but dissolved shortly after crossing the border into Guatemala on Sunday, the Guatemalan Migration Institute says.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2024
This caravan is getting ready to take to the streets of Sacramento and its sprawling suburbs — a rally on wheels to get out the vote ahead of Sunday's referendum.
—Sandhya Dirks, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
The Southern California resident is driving to Concordia, Mexico, in a camper truck in an RV caravan, to ensure safety while traveling through the countryside.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
The students arrived in a caravan of cars, shepherded by Atshan, and piled onto couches in the living room, laughing, starting sentences in Arabic and finishing them in English.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
Gillis was riding in a caravan of two cars and a motorcycle that pulled into Monahan's long, winding driveway in the town of Hebron last April while her friends were looking for another person's house.
—CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2024
Together, these mostly mother-child pairs caravaned by bus and by train across a homeland pocked by shelling and missile attacks.
—Freep.com, 9 June 2023
State officials have organized occasional convoys to let residents caravan through the northern closures to make supply runs.
—Victoria Kim Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2023
The enslaved woman who slogged on foot behind her Mormon master’s caravan from Mississippi to Utah, and in 1851, from Utah to L.A.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
Firefighters have long been a part of the Tour de France caravan — the parade that winds through towns ahead of the peloton.
—Rick Noack, Washington Post, 23 July 2022
Three people in a large car caravan in the Brighton Park neighborhood were among nine people fatally shot overnight in Chicago, police said.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
Before the game, newspapers had mentioned the plan of many Pine Bluff Zebras fans to caravan to the game, and so the piercing eye of suspicion soon squinted at Little Rock High students.
—Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2022
More than a few were skeptical of an EV off-roader, but everybody was on board for the plan: caravan a new Bronco, a Defender, and the R1T across two mountain ranges and a desert, and hit some technically difficult terrain along the way.
—David Ferry, Outside Online, 30 Sep. 2022
Noun
The white freight truck wheezed up David Strickland Road toward the intersection with Parker Henderson, a small caravan of cars trailing patiently behind.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
Because of this, each of the trucks accompanying the group’s caravan will be done up in a special livery inspired by the artwork for its most recent album, 72 Seasons.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
The Emiratis and Qataris, too, can finance caravans, trailers, and prefabricated housing.
—Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
The caravan originated in Honduras but dissolved shortly after crossing the border into Guatemala on Sunday, the Guatemalan Migration Institute says.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2024
This caravan is getting ready to take to the streets of Sacramento and its sprawling suburbs — a rally on wheels to get out the vote ahead of Sunday's referendum.
—Sandhya Dirks, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
The Southern California resident is driving to Concordia, Mexico, in a camper truck in an RV caravan, to ensure safety while traveling through the countryside.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
The students arrived in a caravan of cars, shepherded by Atshan, and piled onto couches in the living room, laughing, starting sentences in Arabic and finishing them in English.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
Gillis was riding in a caravan of two cars and a motorcycle that pulled into Monahan's long, winding driveway in the town of Hebron last April while her friends were looking for another person's house.
—CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
Verb
Groups will caravan along the reservoir to observe the eagles.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2024
Together, these mostly mother-child pairs caravaned by bus and by train across a homeland pocked by shelling and missile attacks.
—Freep.com, 9 June 2023
State officials have organized occasional convoys to let residents caravan through the northern closures to make supply runs.
—Victoria Kim Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2023
The enslaved woman who slogged on foot behind her Mormon master’s caravan from Mississippi to Utah, and in 1851, from Utah to L.A.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
Firefighters have long been a part of the Tour de France caravan — the parade that winds through towns ahead of the peloton.
—Rick Noack, Washington Post, 23 July 2022
Three people in a large car caravan in the Brighton Park neighborhood were among nine people fatally shot overnight in Chicago, police said.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
Before the game, newspapers had mentioned the plan of many Pine Bluff Zebras fans to caravan to the game, and so the piercing eye of suspicion soon squinted at Little Rock High students.
—Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2022
More than a few were skeptical of an EV off-roader, but everybody was on board for the plan: caravan a new Bronco, a Defender, and the R1T across two mountain ranges and a desert, and hit some technically difficult terrain along the way.
—David Ferry, Outside Online, 30 Sep. 2022
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“Caravan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caravan. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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