ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Travel

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈtɹævəl/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Travel is a verb meaning (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

Meaning

(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

More Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
  2. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
  3. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
  4. (transitive) To force to journey.
  5. The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
  6. (in the plural) A series of journeys.
  7. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.

Example Sentences

Snakes do not travel well.
I still travel to work by bus.
Soundwaves can travel through water.
He that feareth oblatration must not travel.

Word Forms

Synonyms for travel

Depending on context, synonyms include fare, journey, reyse, passage, tour, trip.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include journey, trip, move, jaunt, locomotion, locomote.

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