Meaning of travel In English

• 0 to make a journey, usually over a long distance:

  • Between school and university, she spent a year travelling, mostly in Africa and Asia.

  • I travel to work by train.

  • He travelled over 1,000 miles to be at the wedding.

  • As a young man he had travelled (= been to many parts of) the world.

  • Some wines don't travel well.

  • I always try to travel light.

• 1 to move or go from one place to another:

  • Supersonic planes can travel faster than the speed of sound.

  • With wooden-bat baseball, the ball doesn't travel as far as it does with aluminium bats.

  • Signals at this wavelength can travel easily through buildings.

  • That bike can really travel!

• 2 the activity of travelling:

  • air/space travel

  • business travel

  • We share a love of literature, food and travel.

  • I heard on the travel news that there'd been an accident.

  • a record of her travels in/around the Far East

• 3 the distance, speed, or direction that an object moves or is able to move:

  • The calendar is based on the orbital travel of Earth around the Sun.

  • The arrows show the ball's direction of travel.

  • The bicycle's fork has a total travel of about 4 inches.

• 4 to go from one place to another on a trip, usually over a long distance:

  • [ I ] The train was traveling (at) about 100 miles an hour.

  • [ T ] I travel long distances as part of my job, so on vacations I like to stay close to home.

  • [ I ] infml We were doing 70 miles an hour, so the guy who whizzed past us must have really been traveling (= going very fast).

• 5 the activity of traveling, usually over a long distance:

  • [ U ] A lot of my travel is business related.

  • [ pl ] I’ve met some pretty interesting people in my travels (= trips).

• 6 to go from one place to another, especially over a long distance, in a plane, train, car, etc.:

  • The ability to travel easily in and out of the region is a significant factor for professionals doing business here.

  • Due to the increasing costs of travelling abroad, more Americans are choosing to stay closer to home during their vacation.

  • He travels around 200,000 miles a year on business.

  • A delegation of officials will be traveling to New Orleans to lobby for the cash.

  • travel around/across/through somewhere Riding a bike is often the most efficient way to travel around big cities

  • travel by air/train/car How long does it take to travel by train from Glasgow to London?

  • travel the world/the country/the state She has travelled the world in her work as foreign correspondent.

• 7 to move at a particular speed or over a particular distance:

  • An electric motor powers the car at all speeds, and it can travel 40 miles on batteries alone.

  • travel at 40mph/80kph, etc. A train travelling at 30 mph takes about a mile to bring to a stop.

• 8 the activity of going from one place to another, especially over a long distance, in a plane, train, car, etc.,:

  • A survey revealed that federal employees were routinely abusing rules regarding business-class travel.

  • He was reimbursed for the cost of travel between his home and workplace.

  • The travel and tourism industry employs more than 187,000 people in North Carolina.

  • Make copies of important travel documents like your passport and itinerary.

  • air/rail/space travel

  • overseas/international/foreign travel

  • business/leisure/holiday travel

  • free/cheap travel

  • travel company/firm/industry

  • travel arrangements/plans

  • travel expenses/costs

  • travel on/in sth Purchase of a smart card entitles you to three days' unlimited travel on the Metro, buses, and trams.

  • travel to/from/between somewhere The Chairman has a constant round of meetings, involving travel to Western Europe and throughout the UK.