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travel¹
- /ˈtɹævəl/
Rhymes with -ævəl
Where it comes from
PIE word
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From Middle English travelen (“to make a laborious journey, travel”) from Middle Scots travailen (“to toil, work, travel”), alteration of Middle English travaillen (“to toil, work”), from Old French travailler (“to trouble, suffer, be worn out”). See the doublets travail and travois.
Compare typologically routine << Latin rupta via. Note the inverse semantic vectors: travel moves from a subjective state (toil) to an objective action (journey), while routine moves from an objective object (beaten path) to a subjective pattern (habit).
Largely displaced native fare, from Old English faran (“to go [a long distance], to travel”). More at fare.
verb travels · traveling · travelling · traveled · travelled
- To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another. John seems to spend as much time travelling as he does in the office.
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To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
Soundwaves can travel through water.
Similar: range
- To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- To travel throughout (a place). I’ve travelled the world.
- To force to journey. They shall not be travailed forth of their own franchises.
- To labour; to travail. Necessity will make men fare hard, and work hard, and travel hard, go bare, and suffer much; yea it will even cut off a leg or arm to save their lives;
travel²
- /ˈtɹævəl/
Rhymes with -ævəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English travail, travell, from Old French travail, travaille, travaillie, traval, travalle, traveaul, traveil, traveille, travel. Doublet of travail.
noun travels · travail · travell
- The act of traveling; passage from place to place. I like travel, but it’s always too tiring.
- A series of journeys. I’m off on my travels around France again.
- An account of one's travels. He released his travels in 1900, two years after returning from Africa.
- The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
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The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment.
Similar: stroke, movement, progression
- Labour; parturition; travail. Hard Labour is when more vehement Pains and dangerous Symptomes happen to Women in Travel, and continue a longer time.
- Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed. The keys have great travel.
Similar: activity, traffic along a route, through a given point
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: journey, trip, move, jaunt, locomotion, locomote, go, traveler, tour, excursion, traveller, voyager, transport, touring, tourist, outing
noun
Similar: activity, traffic along a route, through a given point
Translations
Every language
verb be on a journey
| Español | viajar, recorrer, rolear, transitar, movilizarse |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 여행(旅行)하다 yeohaenghada |
| 日本語 | 旅行する ryokō suru |
| 中文 | 旅行 lǚxíng, 旅遊 /旅游 lǚyóu |
| हिन्दी | यात्रा करना yātrā karnā |
| Kiswahili | safiri |
| Português | viajar |
| Français | voyager |
| Deutsch | reisen |
| Italiano | viaggiare |
| Ελληνικά | ταξιδεύω taxidévo |
| Română | călători |
| Русский | путеше́ствовать putešéstvovatʹ, е́здить jézditʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | du lịch |
| العربية | سَافَرَ sāfara, سَارَ sāra |
| עברית | נסע nasá |
verb pass from here to there; transmit
| Português | viajar |
|---|---|
| Français | transmettre, propager |
| Deutsch | sich fortbewegen, sich fortpflanzen, sich ausbreiten |
| Română | călători |
| Русский | передвига́ться peredvigátʹsja, перемеща́ться peremeščátʹsja, проходи́ть proxodítʹ |
| العربية | اِنْتَقَلَ intaqala, سَارَ sāra |
verb in basketball
| Русский | вести́ vestí |
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verb travel throughout
| Português | viajar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | bereisen |
| Русский | объе́здить obʺjézditʹ |
noun act of traveling
| Español | viaje |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 여행 yeohaeng |
| 日本語 | 旅行 ryokō |
| 中文 | 旅行 lǚxíng, 旅遊 /旅游 lǚyóu |
| हिन्दी | यात्रा yātrā, सफ़र safar, सियाहत siyāhat |
| Kiswahili | safari |
| Português | viagem |
| Français | voyage |
| Deutsch | Reise, Reisen |
| Italiano | viaggio |
| Ελληνικά | ταξίδι taxídi |
| Română | voiaj, călătorie |
| Русский | путеше́ствие putešéstvije, пое́здка pojézdka |
| Tiếng Việt | sự du lịch, sự lữ hành |
| العربية | مُسَافِرَة musāfira, رِحْلَة riḥla, سَفَر safar, سِيَاحَة siyāḥa |
noun plural: series of journeys
| Deutsch | Reise |
|---|---|
| Русский | путеше́ствия putešéstvija |
noun plural: account of one's travels
| Deutsch | Reisebericht, Reisebeschreibung |
|---|---|
| Русский | путевы́е заме́тки putevýje zamétki |
noun length of a mechanical stroke
| Deutsch | Hub |
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title = {travel},
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