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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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The avid adventurers are documenting the entire trek on their Instagram @thepanamfam as well as their YouTube account, T4R Garage. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026 On my return trek, the sky began to boil with thunderheads and, moments later, a deluge. — Robert Klose, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

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The rest of Nepal, from popular trekking areas like Everest and Annapurna, and cities like Kathmandu and Pokhara, remains unaffected and open to visitors. — Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 This is how designers came up with a trekking pole that packs 10 tools, a telescope that doubles as a flashlight, and a sleeping bag that can be worn as a poncho or used as a hammock. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trek

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Noun

Her love of travel has been a lifelong passion but was undeniably sparked by a spontaneous solo trip to London her junior year of college.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
Instead of spending an hour pouring over rental car prices, a chatbot can help build an itinerary that doesn't require a rental car or only requires one for part of the trip.

— Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of trip

Verb

Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid host one of his old sides Inter in the pick of the matches on Tuesday, with Aston Villa also travelling to Belgium to face Club Brugge and Manchester City visiting Porto.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Who can travel so far north – further north than any city in the US or Canada – to visit this one-of-a-kind place and this absolutely unique building that is like nothing that was ever built before?

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of travel

Noun

The vessel, Professor Molchanov, is used for commercial expedition cruises, including to Svalbard, which sits more than 500 miles north of the Norwegian mainland.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
The Russian vessel is used for commercial expedition cruises, including to Svalbard.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of expedition

Verb

And so, the two men with very different life philosophies proceed to journey ever deeper into the South American heart of darkness, with a little bit of The Searchers thrown in for good measure.

— Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Read kicks this tale off with a meet-cute and an unconventional relationship, but finds authentic emotion and real social issues to power the characters’ journeys forward.

— Katie Walsh, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of journey

Verb

In this tense, uneasy landscape, a separated couple, Natalie and Asher, reunite to take their child, Logan, on a trip to tour colleges in both territories.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Andøya Spaceport and toured Isar Aerospace’s launch pad in March.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 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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