travel

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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 travail.

Displaced native Middle English lithen (“to go, travel”) (from Old English līþan (“to go, travel”)) and Middle English ȝewalken, iwalken (“to walk about, travel”) (from Old English ġewealcan (“to go, traverse”)). Largely displaced fare (from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”) and Old English fēran (“to go, travel”)) More at fare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹævəl/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ævəl

Verb[edit]

travel (third-person singular simple present travels, present participle travelling or (US) traveling, simple past and past participle travelled or (US) traveled)

  1. (intransitive) 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.
    • 1930, Pickthall, Marmaduke (translator), The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, surah 28, verse 29:
      Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his housefolk, he saw in the distance a fire and said unto his housefolk: Bide ye (here). Lo! I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall bring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm yourselves.
  2. (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit
    Soundwaves can travel through water.
    The supposedly secret news of Mary's engagement travelled quickly through her group of friends.
  3. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
  4. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
    I’ve travelled the world.
  5. (transitive) To force to journey.
  6. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
    • 1707, Richard Baxter, The Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Pious Mr. Richard Baxter, page 646:
      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;
    • 1719, William Tilly, The Acceptable Sacrifice, page 335:
      We labour sore, and travel hard, and much Study is a Weariness to our Flesh; and of making many Books there is no End.
    • 1794, “Resignation”, in A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain.Volume 10, page 144:
      Man holds in constant service bound The blustering winds and seas; Nor suns disdain to travel hard Their master, man, to please;

Conjugation[edit]

conjugation of travel
infinitive travel
present participle travelling
past participle travelled
simple progressive perfect perfect progressive
present I travel we travel I am travelling we are travelling I have travelled we have travelled I have been travelling we have been travelling
you travel you travel you are travelling you are travelling you have travelled you have travelled you have been travelling you have been travelling
he travels they travel he is travelling they are travelling he has travelled they have travelled he has been travelling they have been travelling
past I travelled we travelled I was travelling we were travelling I had travelled we had travelled I had been travelling we had been travelling
you travelled you travelled you were travelling you were travelling you had travelled you had travelled you had been travelling you had been travelling
he travelled they travelled he was travelling they were travelling he had travelled they had travelled he had been travelling they had been travelling
future I will travel we will travel I will be travelling we will be travelling I will have travelled we will have travelled I will have been travelling we will have been travelling
you will travel you will travel you will be travelling you will be travelling you will have travelled you will have travelled you will have been travelling you will have been travelling
he will travel they will travel he will be travelling they will be travelling he will have travelled they will have travelled he will have been travelling they will have been travelling
conditional I would travel we would travel I would be travelling we would be travelling I would have travelled we would have travelled I would have been travelling we would have been travelling
you would travel you would travel you would be travelling you would be travelling you would have travelled you would have travelled you would have been travelling you would have been travelling
he would travel they would travel he would be travelling they would be travelling he would have travelled they would have travelled he would have been travelling they would have been travelling
imperative travel

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Noun[edit]

A caravan en route

travel (countable and uncountable, plural travels)

  1. The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
    space travel
    travel to Spain
  2. (in the plural) A series of journeys.
    I’m off on my travels around France again.
  3. (in the plural) An account of one's travels.
    He released his travels in 1900, two years after returning from Africa.
    • 1903, Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell, Hobson-Jobson
      CALUAT, s. This in some old travels is used for Ar. khilwat, 'privacy, a private interview' (C. P. Brown, MS.).
  4. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
  5. 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.
    My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.
  6. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
    • 1667, John Tanner, The hidden treasures of the art of physick, page 208:
      Hard Labour is when more vehement Pains and dangerous Symptomes happen to Women in Travel, and continue a longer time.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used attributively to describe things that have been created or modified for use during a journey.

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.

Adjective[edit]

travel (neuter singular travelt, definite singular and plural travle, comparative travlere, indefinite superlative travlest, definite superlative travleste)

  1. busy

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.

Adjective[edit]

travel (neuter singular travelt, definite singular and plural travle, comparative travlare, indefinite superlative travlast, definite superlative travlaste)

  1. busy

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Westrobothnian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From traväl.

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Noun[edit]

travel n

  1. A jumble of tracks, footprints.
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