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

In recent months, Ocasio-Cortez has been traveling the country to elect fellow progressives across Kansas, Missouri, and California. — Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, "How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Other Progressives are Defining the Midterms," 15 Oct. 2018 For the last 11 years, since 2007, Voyager 2 has been traveling towards the outermost layer of what is known as the heliosphere. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Voyager 2 Is Getting Close to Interstellar Space," 5 Oct. 2018 The 19-seater commercial Baby Air plane had been traveling from the capital, Juba, the minister of information for the town of Yirol, Taban Abel Aguek, told The Associated Press. — Fox News, "18 killed in South Sudan plane crash," 9 Sep. 2018 People have been traveling across the world for millennia, bringing smallpox to the Americas or spreading the plague across Europe. — Rachel Becker, The Verge, "What happens on plane full of sick passengers? An aerospace medicine expert explains," 6 Sep. 2018 The parachute should travel about 40 miles away from the Wallops Island launch site in Virginia and land in the Atlantic Ocean. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, "NASA Will Launch 2 Rockets to Test a Mars Parachute and Track 'Nanoflares'," 6 Sep. 2018 Meanwhile, Karlie has been traveling and recently got engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Josh Kushner. — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, "Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift Reunited Publicly for the First Time in Forever," 27 Aug. 2018 The magazine also reports that the new pup has been traveling with them from their home in London at Kensington Palace to their country estate in the Cotswolds this summer. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Reportedly Just Got a Dog!," 26 Aug. 2018 Next, there's a bed for traveling, and another, smaller bed Snow keeps in the car, in case Billie gets sleepy at a friend's house. — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, "Is Your Dog's Life As Extra As Brittany Snow's?," 26 July 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

The inspector general estimated that the government spent nearly $1.2 million on Price's travel during his seven months in office. — NBC News, "Watchdog: $341,000 wasted on travel for former high-flying HHS chief Tom Price," 13 July 2018 Casper also considered the effect the recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of the government in the lawsuit over the current version of the travel ban might have on the case before her. — Akilah Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, "In packed courtroom, lawyers spar over fate of ‘protected’ immigrants," 13 July 2018 Trump’s travel ban was later blocked by multiple federal judges. — Maliha Kareem, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Travel ban's enduring hostility toward Muslims," 11 July 2018 One case was his travel ban on visitors to the U.S. from some majority Muslim countries. — Christina Boyle, latimes.com, "When Trump visits Britain, thousands of demonstrators plan to show him some resistance," 11 July 2018 Just last term, Justice Kennedy voted to uphold President Trump’s travel ban, despite the considerable evidence that it was intentionally directed at Muslims. — Martha F. Davis, Fortune, "Why Brett Kavanaugh Is a Huge Threat to Minority Rights," 10 July 2018 And during the early days of President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting Muslim-majority countries, Gee ordered the return of an Iranian man who was removed from the U.S. upon his arrival despite having a valid visa. — Brian Melley, The Seattle Times, "Judge puts blame on Trump, Congress for immigration crisis," 10 July 2018 Trump has previously clashed with Khan on Twitter, criticizing the mayor’s response to a deadly terrorist attack in London last June and using it to justify his travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries. — Joseph Hincks, Time, "A Giant Inflatable 'Trump Baby' Will Fly Above London During the U.S. President's Visit," 6 July 2018 Lawfare‘s Quinta Jurecic does a close read of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion and dissents in Trump v. Hawaii, aka the Muslim travel ban case. — Michelle Weber, Longreads, "The Law Is No Place for Ethics," 6 July 2018

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