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{
"term": "travel",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "travel",
"heSheIt": "travels"
},
"pastSimple": "travelled",
"pastParticiple": "travelled",
"ingForm": "travelling"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to go from one place to another, especially over a long distance",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.travel something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I go to bed early if I'm travelling the next day."
},
{
"text": "to **travel around the world**",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "I love travelling by train."
},
{
"text": "We always travel first class."
},
{
"text": "I travel abroad a lot."
},
{
"text": "They travelled on the bus to and from work together."
},
{
"text": "We travelled to California for the wedding."
},
{
"text": "They enjoy travelling to other European countries."
},
{
"text": "My client **travels extensively** on business."
},
{
"text": "When I finished college I **went travelling** for six months *(= spent time visiting different places)*."
},
{
"text": "As a journalist, she has **travelled the world**.",
"contextForm": "travel something"
},
{
"text": "He travelled the length of the Nile in a canoe."
},
{
"text": "I travel 40 miles to work every day."
},
{
"text": "They travelled huge distances in search of food."
},
{
"text": "Many residents must travel long distances to a grocery store."
},
{
"text": "He travels back and forth across the Atlantic."
},
{
"text": "He travels with a huge entourage."
},
{
"text": "I prefer travelling independently to going on a package holiday."
},
{
"text": "She travels widely in her job."
},
{
"text": "The dissidents were unable to hold meetings or travel freely."
},
{
"text": "The job gives her the opportunity to travel abroad."
},
{
"text": "We decided to travel by car."
},
{
"text": "We had to travel separately as we couldn't get seats on the same flight."
},
{
"text": "We plan to travel through Thailand and into Cambodia."
},
{
"text": "business people who travel regularly to the US"
},
{
"text": "information for the backpacker who wants to travel farther afield"
},
{
"text": "Children under five travel free."
},
{
"text": "I spent a year travelling around Africa."
},
{
"text": "More people travel by air than ever before."
},
{
"text": "We travelled the length and breadth of the country."
},
{
"text": "We've travelled a long way in the past few days."
},
{
"text": "Hundreds of hospital patients may have to travel long distances for treatment."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["fast", "quickly", "slowly"],
"preposition": ["across", "along", "around"],
"phrases": [
"freedom to travel",
"go travelling/traveling",
"travel all over the world"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to go or move at a particular speed, in a particular direction, or a particular distance",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to travel at 50 miles an hour"
},
{
"text": "Messages travel along the spine from the nerve endings to the brain."
},
{
"text": "News travels fast these days."
},
{
"text": "He never travelled far from the home he shared with his mother."
},
{
"text": "The wide streets allow cars to travel at high speeds."
},
{
"text": "In the film, he travels back in time to the '50s."
},
{
"text": "Is it possible for anything to travel faster than the speed of light?"
},
{
"text": "They seem to be travelling north."
},
{
"text": "The truck was travelling at 90 mph when it veered off the road."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["fast", "quickly", "slowly"],
"preposition": ["across", "along", "around"],
"phrases": [
"freedom to travel",
"go travelling/traveling",
"travel all over the world"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to be still in good condition after a long journey",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Some wines do not travel well."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to be equally successful in another place and not just where it began",
"sensetop": "travel (well)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These recipes **travel well** and don't require unusual ingredients or equipment."
},
{
"text": "Some writing **travels badly** *(= is not successful)* in translation."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to go fast",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Their car can really travel!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to take more than three steps while you are holding the ball, without bouncing it on the ground, which is against the rules of the game",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to take very little with you when you go on a trip",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She travels light, choosing to use as little equipment as possible."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtrævl/",
"audio": "tr/travel/travel__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtrævlz/",
"audio": "tr/travel/travels__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtrævld/",
"audio": "tr/travel/travelled__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtrævlɪŋ/",
"audio": "tr/travel/travelling__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtrævl/",
"audio": "tr/travel/travel__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtrævlz/",
"audio": "tr/travel/travels__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtrævld/",
"audio": "tr/travel/travelled__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtrævlɪŋ/",
"audio": "tr/travel/travelling__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: a variant of travail, and originally in the same sense."
}