travel

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♦♦ trav|el /tr'ævəl/ (travels travelling travelled)
in AM, use traveling, traveled
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V, V amount/n, V at amount, V-ing
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...
I've been traveling all day...
Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here...
I had been travelling at 150 kilometres an hour...
He was a charming travelling companion.
● 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] V n
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...
4 [VERB] V prep/adv, V at amount
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...
Light travels at around 300,000,000 metres per second.
5 [VERB] V adv/prep
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...
6 [N-PLURAL] with poss, usu poss N
Someone's travels are the journeys that they make to places a long way from their home.
He also collects things for the house on his travels abroad.
7
see also travelling, much-travelled,
8 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.trav|el agen|cy (travel agencies)
[N-COUNT]
A travel agency is a business which makes arrangements for people's holidays and journeys.trav|el agent (travel agents)
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.trav|el rep (travel reps)
[N-COUNT]
A travel rep is the same as a holiday rep. (BRIT)trav|el sick|ness
[N-UNCOUNT]
If someone has travel sickness, they feel sick as a result of travelling in a vehicle.

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