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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trav•el /ˈtrævəl/USA pronunciation v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling, n., adj. v. - to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship: [no object]They traveled all night.[~ + object]They traveled the world and the seven seas.
- to proceed (at a certain speed or distance): [no object]The car was traveling at sixty miles an hour.[~ + object]We traveled nearly six hundred miles.
- to pass or be transmitted, as light or information:[no object]The news traveled quickly.
n. - the act of traveling, esp. to distant places:[uncountable]She enjoys painting, art, and travel.
- travels, [plural] journeys;
wanderings:In all my travels I never saw anything as beautiful as this sunset.
adj. - for use while traveling:a travel alarm clock.
trav•el•er, trav•el•ler, n. [countable] Compare trip and travel. For a particular amount of traveling, the noun trip is usually used:I hope you had a pleasant trip.The trip took ten hours.The word travel is more often used as a noncount noun to refer to the general idea of traveling:She's interested in travel and tourism.When travels is used, it refers to a journey or trip that has many stops or involves many places:In all my travels I've never met so many helpful people. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trav•el (trav′əl),USA pronunciation v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling, n., adj. v.i. - to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship;
take a trip;
journey:to travel for pleasure. - to move or go from one place or point to another.
- to proceed or advance in any way.
- to go from place to place as a representative of a business firm.
- to associate or consort:He travels in a wealthy crowd.
- [Informal.]to move with speed.
- to pass, or be transmitted, as light or sound.
- [Basketball.]walk (def. 9).
- to move in a fixed course, as a piece of mechanism.
v.t. - to travel, journey, or pass through or over, as a country or road.
- to journey or traverse (a specified distance):We traveled a hundred miles.
- to cause to journey;
ship:to travel logs downriver.
n. - the act of traveling;
journeying, esp. to distant places:to travel to other planets. - travels:
- journeys;
wanderings:to set out on one's travels. - journeys as the subject of a written account or literary work:a book of travels.
- such an account or work.
- the coming and going of persons or conveyances along a way of passage;
traffic:an increase in travel on state roads. - [Mach.]
- the complete movement of a moving part, esp. a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed;
stroke. - length of stroke.
- movement or passage in general:to reduce the travel of food from kitchen to table.
adj. - used or designed for use while traveling:a travel alarm clock.
- Middle English (north and Scots), origin, originally the same word as travail (by shift "to toil, labor'' "to make a laborious journey'') 1325–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: travel /ˈtrævəl/ vb ( -els, -elling, -elled) ( US -els, -eling, -eled)(mainly intr)- to go, move, or journey from one place to another
- (transitive) to go, move, or journey through or across (an area, region, etc)
- to go, move, or cover a specified or unspecified distance
- to go from place to place as a salesman
- (esp of perishable goods) to withstand a journey
- (of light, sound, etc) to be transmitted or move
- to progress or advance
- to take an excessive number of steps while holding the ball
- (of part of a mechanism) to move in a fixed predetermined path
- informal to move rapidly
n - the act of travelling
- (as modifier): a travel brochure
Related adjective(s): itinerant - (usually plural) a tour or journey
- the distance moved by a mechanical part, such as the stroke of a piston
- movement or passage
Etymology: 14th Century travaillen to make a journey, from Old French travaillier to travail |