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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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PIE word
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FromMiddle Englishtravelen(“to make a laborious journey, travel”) fromMiddle Scotstravailen(“to toil, work, travel”), alteration ofMiddle Englishtravaillen(“to toil, work”), fromOld Frenchtravailler(“to trouble, suffer, be worn out”). See thedoublettravail.

Largely displacedfare, fromOld Englishfaran(“to go [a long distance], to travel”). More atfare.

Verb

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travel (third-person singular simple presenttravels,present participletravellingor(US)traveling,simple past and past participletravelledor(US)traveled)

  1. (intransitive) To be on ajourney, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
    John seems to spend as much timetravelling as he does in the office.
    • 1661, John Stephens,An Historical Discourse..., Prol.:
      He thatfearethoblatration must nottravel.
    • 1930,Marmaduke Pickthall, transl.,The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, surah 28, verse 29:
      Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and wastravelling 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.
    • 2022 July 21, Snejana Farberov, “Dad shot dead in road-rage attack after splashing windshield fluid on BMW”, inNew York Post‎[1]:
      Dennis Anderson, 45, and Brandy Goldsbury, 46, weretraveling from the beach in Lincoln City on the Oregon coast back to their home in Tigard around 8:30 p.m. July 13 when they spotted a black BMW 3 Series trying to pass them, according to reporting in The Oregonian.
  2. (intransitive) Topass from one place to another; to move ortransmit.
    Soundwaves cantravel through water.
    The supposedly secret news of Mary's engagementtravelled 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’vetravelled the world.
  5. (transitive) To force to journey.
    • 1596 (date written; published1633),Edmund Spenser,A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […],→OCLC; republished asA View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison,1809,→OCLC:
      They shall not betravailed forth of their own franchises.
  6. (obsolete) Tolabour; totravail.
    • 1707, Richard Baxter,The Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Pious Mr. Richard Baxter, page646:
      Necessity will make men fare hard, and work hard, andtravel 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, page335:
      We labour sore, andtravel hard, and much Study is a Weariness to our Flesh; and of making many Books there is no End.
    • 1794, “Resignation”, inA Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain.Volume 10, page144:
      Man holds in constant service bound The blustering winds and seas; Nor suns disdain totravel hard Their master, man, to please;
Conjugation
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Conjugation oftravel
infinitive(to)travel
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingulartraveltravelled,traveled1
2nd-personsingulartravel,travellest†,travelest†travelled,traveled1,travelledst†,traveledst†
3rd-personsingulartravels,travelleth†,traveleth†travelled,traveled1
pluraltravel
subjunctivetraveltravelled,traveled1
imperativetravel—
participlestravelling,traveling1travelled,traveled1

†Archaic orobsolete. 1 US.

Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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be on a journey
pass from here to there; transmit
in basketball
travel throughout
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishtravail,travell, fromOld Frenchtravail,travaille,travaillie,traval,travalle,traveaul,traveil,traveille,travel.Doublet oftravail.

Noun

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Acaravanen route

travel (countable anduncountable,pluraltravels)

  1. The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
    spacetravel
    travel to Spain
  2. (in theplural) A series ofjourneys.
    I’m off on mytravels around France again.
    • 2023 November 29, 'Mystery Shopper', “Does the railway deliver for passengers?”, inRAIL, number997, page53:
      But overall, I think the railway delivered very well on mytravels. I'd give it 9/10 - there are just a few little rough edges that need smoothing off.
  3. (in theplural) An account of one's travels.
    He released histravels in 1900, two years after returning from Africa.
    • 1903, Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell,Hobson-Jobson:
      CALUAT, s. This in some oldtravels 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 oftravel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment.
    My drill press has atravel of only 1.5 inches.
  6. (obsolete) Labour;parturition;travail.
    • 1667, John Tanner,The hidden treasures of the art of physick, page208:
      Hard Labour is when more vehement Pains and dangerous Symptomes happen to Women inTravel, and continue a longer time.
  7. Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.
    The keys have greattravel.
Usage notes
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  • Used attributively to describe things that have been created or modified for use during a journey.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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act of traveling
plural: series of journeys
plural: account of one's travels
motion of a piece of machinery
length of a mechanical stroke
Further reading
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Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Possibly fromFrenchtravail; compare withDanishtravl.

Adjective

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travel (neuter singulartravelt,definite singular and pluraltravle,comparativetravlere,indefinite superlativetravlest,definite superlativetravleste)

  1. busy

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Possibly fromFrenchtravail; compare withDanishtravl.

Adjective

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travel (neuter singulartravelt,definite singular and pluraltravle,comparativetravlare,indefinite superlativetravlast,definite superlativetravlaste)

  1. busy

References

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