traverse
Lying across; being in a direction across something elseLying across; being in a direction across something else.
» Be careful when traversing the country.
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1 sensesLying across; being in a direction across something else.
paths cut with traverse trenches
Examples
18 sentencesBe careful when traversing the country.
Unfamiliar terrain can be difficult to traverse.
deUnbekanntes Terrain zu durchqueren kann schwierig sein. — Yorwba
They were careful when traversing the forest.
Boris traversed the woods in the dark.
They had to traverse an uncharted mountain range.
Origin
From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + veFrom Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”).
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Forms
more traverse, most traverse| Comparative | more traverse Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most traverse Lesson |
regular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.