wander
An act or instance of wanderingAn act or instance of wandering.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)An act or instance of wandering.
to go for a wander in the park
стра́нствиеstránstvije
(uncountable)Deviation from a correct or normal value.
baseline wander in ECG signals
Examples
347 sentencesI wandered around for a while.
Якийсь час я поблукав навколо. — deniko
The tourists wandered around the stores.
ruТуристы бродили по магазинам. — odexed
We wandered round the shopping center.
She was wandering in the woods.
ruОна бродила по лесу. — Lenin_1917
deSie wanderte im Wald umher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I guess my mind just wandered.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hoveFrom Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn (“to wander”), from *wandōn (“to turn, change”) + *-rōn (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Dutch wandelen (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Danish vandre (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”).
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Forms
plural: wandersLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- wandered around
- wandered around town
- wander around the