Meaning

6 senses
  1. (intransitive)To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

    John seems to spend as much time travelling as he does in the office.

    Snakes do not travel well.

    reisen

    путеше́ствоватьputešéstvovatʹ, е́здитьjézditʹ

    подорожува́тиpodorožuváty, мандрува́тиmandruváty, ї́здитиjízdyty

  2. (intransitive)To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.

    Soundwaves can travel through water.

    The supposedly secret news of Mary's engagement travelled quickly through her group of friends.

    sich fortbewegen, sich fortpflanzen, sich ausbreiten

    передвига́тьсяperedvigátʹsja, перемеща́тьсяperemeščátʹsja, проходи́тьproxodítʹ

  3. (intransitive)To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.

    вести́vestí

  4. (transitive)To travel throughout (a place).

    I’ve travelled the world.

    bereisen

    объе́здитьobʺjézditʹ

    travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge

  5. (transitive)To force to journey.

    undertake a journey or trip

  6. (obsolete)To labour; to 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
be on a journey:
Русский
By meaning 4
be on a journey:
pass from here to there; transmit:
in basketball:
travel throughout:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
be on a journey:
pass from here to there; transmit:
travel throughout:

Forms

travels, traveling, traveled, traveled
Base formtravel · to travel
3rd person singulartravels
Present participletraveling
Past simpletraveled / travelled
Past participletraveled / travelled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytravel
he, she, ittravels

Past simpleLesson

all personstraveled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave traveled
he, she, ithas traveled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill travel

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically:gomovelocomote
  • make a trip for pleasure:tripjaunt
  • undertake a journey or trip:journey
  • travel upon or across:journey
  • travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge:move around

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

19 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