Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of traveling; passage from place to place.

    I like travel, but it’s always too tiring.

    space travel

    Reise, Reisen

    путеше́ствиеputešéstvije, пое́здкаpojézdka

    по́дорожpódorož, пої́здкаpojízdka

    the act of going from one place to another

  2. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)A series of journeys.

    I’m off on my travels around France again.

    Reise

    путеше́ствияputešéstvija

  3. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)An account of one's travels.

    He released his travels in 1900, two years after returning from Africa.

    Reisebericht, Reisebeschreibung

    путевы́е заме́ткиputevýje zamétki

  4. (countable, uncountable)The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.

    There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment.

    My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.

    Bewegung, Weg, Lauf

    ходxod

  6. (countable, uncountable)Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.

    The keys have great travel.

  7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Labour; parturition; travail.

Examples

2773 sentences
  1. I like to travel by myself.

    Я люблю подорожувати один. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю путешествовать в одиночку. — Arkadeko

    deIch reise gern allein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I want to travel with you.

    Я хочу поїхати з тобою. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу путешествовать с вами. — Biga

    deIch will mit dir reisen. — Sudajaengi

  3. My father likes traveling by air.

    Мій батько полюбляє подорожувати літаком. — shanghainese

    ruОтец любит летать самолётами. — marafon

    deMein Vater reist gern mit dem Flugzeug. — faehrmann

  4. I work for a travel agency.

    Я працюю в бюро подорожей. — deniko

    deIch arbeite für ein Reisebüro. — Wolf

  5. I like to travel by train.

    Мені подобається подорожувати поїздом. — ChickenKiev

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of traveling:
Русский
By meaning 4
act of traveling:
plural: series of journeys:
plural: account of one's travels:
motion of a piece of machinery:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
act of traveling:
plural: account of one's travels:
motion of a piece of machinery:
length of a mechanical stroke:

Origin

From Middle English travail, travell, from Old French travail, travaille, travaillie, trav

From Middle English travail, travell, from Old French travail, travaille, travaillie, traval, travalle, traveaul, traveil, traveille, travel. Doublet of travail.

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Forms

plural: travels
Singulartravel
Pluraltravels

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
working motion of a piece of machinery:strokeB2movementB1progression
activityA1traffic along a routethrough a given point
Close in meaning
  • the act of going from one place to another:travelingtravelling
  • self-propelled movement:locomotion
  • a movement through space that changes the location of something:change of location

Word family

50 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • travel together
  • traveled around
  • travel alone
  • travel around the
  • like to travel
  • want to travel
  • to travel together
  • could travel together
  • to travel alone
  • traveling by train
  • to travel around
  • travel around europe

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
travel — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto