travel (travels plural & 3rd person present) (travelling present participle) (travelled past tense & past participle )
in AM, use traveling, traveled
1 verb If you travel, you go from one place to another, often to a place that is far away.
You had better travel to Helsinki tomorrow... V prep/adv
I've been traveling all day... V
Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here... V amount/n
I had been travelling at 150 kilometres an hour... V at amount
He was a charming travelling companion. V-ing
travelling n-uncount
I love travelling...
2 n-uncount Travel is the activity of travelling.
He detested air travel., ...a writer of travel books.
3 verb If you travel the world, the country, or the area, you go to many different places in the world or in a particular country or area.
Dr Ryan travelled the world gathering material for his book... V n
4 verb When light or sound from one place reaches another, you say that it travels to the other place.
When sound travels through water, strange things can happen... V prep/adv
Light travels at around 300,000,000 metres per second. V at amount
5 verb When news becomes known by people in different places, you can say that it travels to them.
News of his work traveled all the way to Asia... V adv/prep
6 n-plural Someone's travels are the journeys that they make to places a long way from their home.
with poss, usu poss N
He also collects things for the house on his travels abroad.
7
→
travelling
→
much-travelled
→
well-travelled
8 If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
travel light phrase V inflects
travel agency (travel agencies plural )A travel agency is a business which makes arrangements for people's holidays and journeys. n-count
travel agent (travel agents plural )
1 n-count A travel agent or travel agent's is a shop or office where you can go to arrange a holiday or journey.
He worked in a travel agent's.
2 n-count A travel agent is a person or business that arranges people's holidays and journeys.
travel rep (travel reps plural )A travel rep is the same as a holiday rep.
(BRIT) n-count
travel sickness
If someone has travel sickness, they feel sick as a result of travelling in a vehicle. n-uncount
