travel (ˈtrævəll
)
Definitions
verb
(mainly intr)- to go, move, or journey from one place to another ⇒
he travels to improve his mind
she travelled across France
- (tr) to go, move, or journey through or across (an area, region, etc) ⇒
he travelled the country
- to go, move, or cover a specified or unspecified distance
- to go from place to place as a salesman ⇒
to travel in textiles
- (esp of perishable goods) to withstand a journey
- (of light, sound, etc) to be transmitted or move ⇒
the sound travelled for miles
- to progress or advance
- basketball 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 ⇒
that car certainly travels
- (often foll by with) informal to be in the company (of); associate
noun
- the act of travelling
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a travel brochure
related adjective itinerant
- (usually plural) a tour or journey
- the distance moved by a mechanical part, such as the stroke of a piston
- movement or passage
Word Origin
C14 travaillen to make a journey, from Old French travaillier to travailSynonyms
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move,
walk,
cross,
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wander,
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roam,
ramble,
traverse,
rove,
take a trip make your way wend your way
= go fast
race,
hurry,
hasten,
whizz,
hurtle,
burn rubber go hell for leather
tear along,
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whip along hotfoot it go like a bat out of hell go at breakneck speed go rapidly go like (greased) lightning
=
journey,
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Quotations
"I'll put a girdle round the earthIn forty minutes"
"I have recently been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it"
"Travel, at its best, is a process of continually conquering disbelief"
"Travel is glamorous only in retrospect"
"In America there are two classes of travel - first class and with children"
"They change their clime, but not their minds, who rush across the sea"
"Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death"
"A man who has not seen Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean"
"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move"
"Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo"
"Travel broadens the mind"
Translations
- British English:
travel
Travel is the act of travelling.Information on travel in the region is available at the hotel.ˈtrævl NOUN Information on travel in the region is available at the hotel.
- Spanish:
viaje
nm
- French:
voyage
nm
- German:
Reisen
nnt
- Chinese: 旅行 n
- Arabic: سَفَر n
- Portuguese: viagem nf
- Russian: путешествие nnt
- Croatian: putovanje nnt
- Czech: cestování nnt
- Danish: rejse nutr
- Dutch: reis n
- Finnish: matkustus n
- Greek: ταξίδι nnt
- Italian: viaggio nm
- Japanese: 旅行 n
- Korean: 여행 n
- Norwegian: reise nm
- Polish: podróż nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: viagem nf
- European Spanish:
viaje
nm
- Swedish: resa nutr
- Thai: การเดินทาง n
- Turkish: seyahat n
- Vietnamese: sự đi lại n
- British English:
travel
If you travel, you go from one place to another, often to a place that is far away.I've been travelling all day.ˈtrævl VERB I've been travelling all day.
- Spanish:
viajar
v
- French:
voyager
vi
- German:
reisen
v
- Chinese: 旅行 vi
- Arabic: يُسَافِرُ vi
- Portuguese: viajar vi
- Russian: путешествовать vi
- Croatian: putovati v
- Czech: cestovat vi
- Danish: rejse v
- Dutch: reizen vi
- Finnish: matkustaa v
- Greek: ταξιδεύω v
- Italian: viaggiare v
- Japanese: 移動する v
- Korean: 여행하다 vi
- Norwegian: reise v
- Polish: podróżować vi
- Brazilian Portuguese: viajar vi
- European Spanish:
viajar
v
- Swedish: resa vi
- Thai: เดินทาง vi
- Turkish: seyahat etmek vi
- Vietnamese: đi lại v
Usage examples
My parents had no particular interest in either history or travel.
, BEHINDLINGS (2002)The very best travel the world on the ASP World Tour competing against each other on the world's best surfing breaks.
Country Life (2004)The travel trade in North America, specialising in Irish holidays, has been seriously weakened.
Irish Times (2002)Customers must pay within three days of ordering and travel to Berlin to pick up the cars at a local dealership.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Family Influence Lines These lines travel from the family ring across the Venus Mount.
, THORSONS WAY OF - PALMISTRY (2002)