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travel
The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- T
- Ends with
- L
- Contains
- RAVE
- Scrabble score
- 9
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
“space travel”
(in the plural) A series of journeys.
“I’m off on my travels around France again.”
(in the plural) An account of one's travels.
The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
“My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.”
Labour; parturition; travail.
verb
To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
“Soundwaves can travel through water.”
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.
To labour; to travail.
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Example Sentences
space travel
I’m off on my travels around France again.
My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.
Soundwaves can travel through water.
I’ve travelled the world.
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