roving
/'rouviɳ/
Definition
Adjective:
- Moving from place to place; wandering without a fixed destination: Describes a person, group, or lifestyle characterized by constant travel and lack of permanent settlement.
- Not fixed or stable; constantly shifting: Can describe something abstract, like attention or interests, that moves from one subject to another.
Noun:
- The act of traveling about without a clear or fixed destination: The action or practice of wandering.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- The roving reporter sent dispatches from conflict zones around the world.
- He has a roving eye, always noticing other people.
- A roving band of musicians performed in the town square.
Noun:
- His years of roving finally came to an end when he settled down.
- The novel describes the roving of a young man across the continent.
Advanced Usage
"Roving commission": A role or job that involves traveling to various places to perform duties, often investigative or diplomatic in nature.
- The journalist was given a roving commission to cover environmental issues in Southeast Asia.
"Roving ambassador": A diplomat who is not stationed in one country but travels to various locations to represent their government.
- She served as a roving ambassador, fostering cultural ties across several nations.
Variants and Related Words
Rove (verb): To wander or travel without a definite destination.
- He loved to rove through the ancient forests.
Rover (noun): A person who roves; a wanderer.
- The old rover had stories from every port.
Synonyms
- Wandering: Moving about without a fixed course.
- Nomadic: Living by moving from place to place.
- Itinerant: Traveling from place to place, especially for work.
- Peripatetic: Traveling from place to place, especially as part of one's job.
Related Phrases
To have a roving eye: To be habitually unfaithful or to look at other people with sexual interest while in a relationship.
- His wife accused him of having a roving eye.
Roving reporter: A journalist who travels to different locations to cover news stories.
- The network's roving reporter provided live updates from the disaster area.
Adjective
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migratory
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a restless mobile society
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the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
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believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
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wandering tribes
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Noun
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travelling about without any clear destination
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she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him
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