travel

verb

trav·el | \ ˈtra-vəl

traveled or travelled; traveling or travelling\ ˈtra-və-liŋ ,

ˈtrav-liŋ \

Definition of travel

(Entry 1 of 2)

intransitive verb

1a : to go on or as if on a trip or tour : journey

b(1) : to go as if by traveling : pass the news traveled fast

(2) : associate travels with a sophisticated crowd

c : to go from place to place as a sales representative or business agent

2a(1) : to move or undergo transmission from one place to another goods traveling by plane

(2) : to withstand relocation successfully a dish that travels well

b : to move in a given direction or path or through a given distance the stylus travels in a groove

c : to move rapidly a car that can really travel

3 : to take more steps while holding a basketball than the rules allow

transitive verb

1a : to journey through or over

b : to follow (a course or path) as if by traveling

2 : to traverse (a specified distance)

3 : to cover (an area) as a commercial traveler

travel light

: to travel with a minimum of equipment or baggage

travel

noun

Definition of travel (Entry 2 of 2)

1a : the act of traveling : passage

b : a journey especially to a distant or unfamiliar place : tour, trip —often used in plural

2 travels plural : an account of one's travels

3 : the number traveling : traffic

4a : movement, progression the travel of satellites around the earth

b : the motion of a piece of machinery especially : reciprocating motion

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Examples of travel in a Sentence

Verb

The birds are traveling south for the winter. His job requires him to travel frequently. She enjoys traveling around Europe. They traveled cross-country from New York to California. The pain traveled down his back. the way that sound travels in an empty room That car was really traveling when it passed us. The order is traveling by plane.

Noun

She doesn't enjoy foreign travel. Air travel was affected by the storm. The book discusses the future of travel in outer space. We extended our travels for another week.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

And for those traveling with littles, the hotel’s kids club is ready and waiting. — Ariel Okin, Vogue, "8 Romantic Winter Weekend Getaways From New York City," 29 Dec. 2018 The bikes and scooters are relatively accessible, fairly inexpensive, great on hot Texas days traveling up steep Hill Country inclines, and plain old fun! — Alissa Walker, Curbed, "How 7 Americans got around their cities in 2018," 27 Dec. 2018 This process happens for axions traveling both toward and away from the star. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Pulsars could convert dark matter into something we could see," 20 Dec. 2018 Talking to people, traveling for example this last midterm swings. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "Full Q&A: NBC journalists Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell and Hallie Jackson on Recode Decode," 5 Dec. 2018 Sully will be among Bush's friends and family traveling to Washington D.C. with his casket for funeral and memorial services. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "See Heart-Wrenching Photo of George H.W. Bush's Service Dog Guarding His Casket," 3 Dec. 2018 The tour, of course, was well-documented by media and photojournalists traveling with the newlyweds. — Abby Gardner, Glamour, "Prince Harry Took This Gorgeous Photo of Meghan Markle During the Royal Tour," 1 Nov. 2018 Sweterlitsch opens in the 20th-century with a time-traveling NCIS agent named Shannon Moss who is tasked with investigating a particularly gruesome murder. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "Our favorite science fiction and fantasy books of 2018," 21 Dec. 2018 Before the age of digital, Torres notes that consumer studies often involved people traveling to hotels, conference centers, or labs to look at, test, and report on products. — Cassie Shortsleeve, Popular Mechanics, "How Scientists at Degree Men Test Antiperspirant," 20 Dec. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

At the same time, emissions from the transportation sector rose 1 percent thanks to more airline travel and greater on-road shipping. — Chris Mooney, The Seattle Times, "U.S. greenhouse gas emissions spiked in 2018 – and it couldn’t happen at a worse time," 9 Jan. 2019 Additionally, all women are required to obtain a male relative's permission to do things such as work, travel, marry, or divorce. — Jewel Wicker, Teen Vogue, "Saudi Teen Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun May Get Asylum From Australia After Fleeing Her Family's Alleged Mistreatment," 8 Jan. 2019 For SpaceX a successful launch would place the company firmly in the driver's seat in the race for commercial space travel, ahead of competitors like Blue Origin or Virgin Space. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "SpaceX Pushes Back 'Especially Dangerous' Dragon Test," 7 Jan. 2019 The costs of interning in DC for a summer can total up to $10,000, including an apartment, travel, professional clothing, metro cards, food, and course, credit. — Audrey Henson, Vox, "Diversity on Capitol Hill starts with paying interns," 26 Dec. 2018 In fact, Her Majesty would spend months apart from her infant son because of travel and royal obligations, which was made even more complicated by the fact that Philip (then an officer in the Royal Navy) was stationed in Malta in the late 1940s. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas Message Features a Rare Prince Charles Photo," 25 Dec. 2018 Annie Daly has written about travel for BuzzFeed Travel, Yahoo! — Annie Daly, SELF, "7 Wellness Experiences That Are Excellent Last-Minute Gift Ideas," 21 Dec. 2018 Offline downloads are supported on Android and iOS, which can be a lifesaver on flights, during other long travel, or even for those boring afternoons on vacation. — Chris Welch, The Verge, "The Verge Cord Cutter’s Guide: hardware, software, and services," 20 Dec. 2018 Her work has appeared on National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel site, BBC Travel, and in Lonely Planet travel anthologies, among others. — Candace Rose Rardon, Longreads, "The Country Where Fútbol Comes First," 10 July 2018

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