Travel I Travelling Travelled Long ˈtrævl Day Distances

• i go to bed early if i'm travelling the next day.
• to travel around the world
• i love travelling by train.
• we always travel first class.

travel

Verb Forms

1. to go from one place to another, especially over a long distance
• I go to bed early if I'm travelling the next day.
• to travel around the world
• I love travelling by train.
• We always travel first class.
• I travel abroad a lot.
• They travelled on the bus to and from work together.
• We travelled to California for the wedding.
• They enjoy travelling to other European countries.
• My client travels extensively on business.
• When I finished college I went travelling for six months (= spent time visiting different places).
• As a journalist, she has travelled the world.
• He travelled the length of the Nile in a canoe.
• I travel 40 miles to work every day.
• They travelled huge distances in search of food.
• Many residents must travel long distances to a grocery store.

Extra Examples

• He travels back and forth across the Atlantic.
• He travels with a huge entourage.
• I prefer travelling independently to going on a package holiday.
• She travels widely in her job.
• The dissidents were unable to hold meetings or travel freely.
• The job gives her the opportunity to travel abroad.
• We decided to travel by car.
• We had to travel separately as we couldn't get seats on the same flight.
• We plan to travel through Thailand and into Cambodia.
• business people who travel regularly to the US
• information for the backpacker who wants to travel farther afield
• Children under five travel free.
• I spent a year travelling around Africa.
• More people travel by air than ever before.
• We travelled the length and breadth of the country.
• We've travelled a long way in the past few days.
• Hundreds of hospital patients may have to travel long distances for treatment.
2. to go or move at a particular speed, in a particular direction, or a particular distance
• to travel at 50 miles an hour
• Messages travel along the spine from the nerve endings to the brain.
• News travels fast these days.
• He never travelled far from the home he shared with his mother.
• The wide streets allow cars to travel at high speeds.

Extra Examples

• In the film, he travels back in time to the '50s.
• Is it possible for anything to travel faster than the speed of light?
• They seem to be travelling north.
• The truck was travelling at 90 mph when it veered off the road.
3. to be still in good condition after a long journey
• Some wines do not travel well.
4. to be equally successful in another place and not just where it began
• Some writing travels badly in translation.
5. to go fast
• Their car can really travel!
6. to take more than three steps while you are holding the ball, without bouncing it on the ground, which is against the rules of the game
7. to take very little with you when you go on a trip
• She travels light, choosing to use as little equipment as possible.

Word Origin

• Middle English: a variant of travail, and originally in the same sense.