Other forms: travelling; travelled; travels; traveled
To travel is the act of going from one place to another, usually a considerable distance. Your daily commute in the morning doesn’t generally count as travel. Your trip to Timbuktu? That counts.
Travel can also be used as a noun — as in your travels to Timbuktu. Or perhaps you prefer time travel or space travel. Objects that are especially adapted for use when you travel are often modified by the word travel; for example, a “travel-bag,” “travel- games,” or a “travel iron.” And if something is particularly popular in another country or culture from its place of origin, say a cheese, a wine, or a type of music, it’s said to “travel well.”
Definitions of travel
- verb change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically“We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus”“news travelled fast”synonyms:go, locomote, movedisplace, movecause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesee more
- verb travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judgesynonyms:move aroundsee more
- verb undertake a journey or tripsynonyms:journeyjourneytravel upon or acrosssee more
- verb make a trip for pleasuresynonyms:jaunt, tripsee more
- verb travel upon or across“travel the oceans”synonyms:journeyjourneyundertake a journey or tripsee more
- verb undergo transportation as in a vehicle“We travelled North on Rte. 508”see more
- noun the act of going from one place to another“he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel”synonyms:traveling, travellingsee more
- noun a movement through space that changes the location of somethingsynonyms:change of locationsee more
- noun self-propelled movementsynonyms:locomotionsee lesstypes:show 37 types…type of:motion, move, movementthe act of changing location from one place to another
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