travelling
/'trævliɳ/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The act or activity of going from one place to another, especially over a distance: This is the most common meaning, referring to the general concept of moving between locations.
- A journey or series of journeys, often for pleasure or business: It can refer to a specific instance or the overall practice of taking trips.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- She loves travelling and has visited over thirty countries. (She enjoys the activity of going to different places.)
- His job involves a great deal of travelling. (His job requires many journeys.)
- The travelling was exhausting, but the destination was worth it. (The journey itself was tiring.)
Advanced Usage
- "The travelling public": Refers to people who travel, especially as passengers on public transport.
- The new regulations are designed to protect the travelling public.
- Used attributively (like an adjective) to describe things related to journeys.
- A travelling companion (a person you travel with).
- Travelling clothes (clothes suitable for a journey).
Variants and Related Words
- Travel (verb/noun): The base form. As a noun, it is often interchangeable with "travelling," though "travel" can sound more general or abstract.
- Space travel (not "space travelling").
- Traveler (noun): A person who is travelling or who travels often.
- Travelogue (noun): A film, book, or illustrated lecture about a person's travels.
Synonyms
- Journeying: The act of travelling from one place to another.
- Tourism: The commercial organization and operation of holidays and visits to places of interest.
- Voyaging: Travelling, especially by sea or in space.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Travel around: To go to various places within an area.
- We spent a month travelling around Southeast Asia.
- Travel over: To go across an area.
- It took days to travel over the desert.
Related Idioms
- Travel light: To travel with very little luggage.
- We're only going for a weekend, so let's travel light.
- Travel on a stomach: To be able to eat anything while travelling without getting sick.
- You need a strong stomach for travelling in some regions. (Note: This is less common than "have a strong stomach").
Noun
- the act of going from one place to another
- he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel