Thesaurus results for TREK

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noun

Definition of trek

as in trip

a going from one place to another usually of some distance started on our trek up the mountain before the sun rose

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verb

ˈtrek

as in to travel

to take a trip especially of some distance adventurers trekking across the desert in search of a fabled city of gold

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Noun

Our trek up the mountain required us to hopscotch over a trail pockmarked with craters and granite rocks. — John Blake, CNN Money, 19 July 2026 One of Layzie Bone’s friends from New Zealand made the arduous trek to be there in person, while others flew in from Ohio and several other states. — Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 17 July 2026

Verb

Craggy and beautiful, with vast hilltop views of the sea, Favignana was where most of the Ithaca exteriors were filmed, which meant weeks shooting on a set that required the cast and crew to trek uphill through narrow paths for an hour every day. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026 Running from June through October, the new offering includes activities like archery, mountain biking, and trail trekking across the resort’s 30,000 acres. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for trek

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Noun

My father had flown from China for the tournament, a trip planned years in advance around a national team that ultimately failed to qualify.

— Shaoyu Yuan, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
All those visitors statistically ensure that some trips will occasionally go awry—or turn deadly.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

Definition of trip

Verb

Stories about Chin traveled through Kerrville as quickly as the floodwaters.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Hugo Ekitike, Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley, who are still recovering from long-term injuries, are set to travel and continue their rehab in the States.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of travel

Noun

He's since been hard at work liaising with DEB initiative leadership to test software updates and troubleshoot other issues, while also travelling to Mexico to help train student members of the team ahead of their expedition to Spain.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 16 July 2026
In 1843, English botanist Joseph Hooker returned from Antarctica with samples and illustrations of plants from his expedition.

— Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026

Definition of expedition

Verb

When their time-travel adventure creates an alternate reality, the pair must journey into Wonderland to stop the villainous Maddox Hatter (Leonardo Nam) and rescue the Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora).

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
On July 13, the moon will journey through its sensitive domicile, Cancer, setting the emotional tone before renewing itself (during tomorrow’s new moon) and kicking off a brand-new lunar cycle.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Definition of journey

Verb

District 33 also plans to use McAuley as a living educational resource, allowing pupils to come tour it and learn about the history of a one-room schoolhouse.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
During an appearance on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, Tedeschi and Trucks talked about touring with such a large band — the group features 12 members.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026

Definition of tour

Verb

However, when her island's resources are threatened, Moana embraces her ancestors' voyaging heritage and heads out to sea to find Maui, deliver the heart of Te Fiti (which Maui stole back in the day) and save her people.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
When a blight hits the island, the result of a curse that began when Maui stole a gem representing the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, Moana gets her quest and excuse to voyage — to find the missing Maui and force him to return the stone.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026

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