travelling
travellings
If you're going from one place to another, you're travelling. People love to go travelling to see new places and experience different cultures. When people are travelling, they’re not just running around the block; they're on a journey.
Travelling comes from the Old French word travil, meaning “suffering or painful effort” or “trouble” as in travelling a long distance in a covered wagon. But remember, that was back before airplanes, G.P.S. units, and suitcases with wheels. Any kind of travelling has a destination, whether you're headed to a resort or a business meeting in a different city. Lots of people enjoy travelling in the summer when there’s no school. Woohoo!
Definitions of travelling
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the act of going from one place to another
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walk
the act of walking somewhere
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circumnavigation
traveling around something (by ship or plane)
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peregrination
traveling or wandering around
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traversal, traverse
travel across
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roving, vagabondage, wandering
travelling about without any clear destination
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wayfaring
traveling (especially on foot)
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crossing
traveling across
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driving
the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
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horseback riding, riding
travel by being carried on horseback
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air, air travel, aviation
travel via aircraft
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journey, journeying
the act of traveling from one place to another
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leg, stage
a section or portion of a journey or course
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staging
travel by stagecoach
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on the road, on tour
travelling about
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junketing
taking an excursion for pleasure
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seafaring, water travel
travel by water
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commutation, commuting
the travel of a commuter
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amble, perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll
a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
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constitutional
a regular walk taken as a form of exercise
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foot
travel by walking
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hike, hiking, tramp
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
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last mile
the last walk of a condemned person to the execution place
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moonwalk
an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon
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perambulation
a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
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turn
taking a short walk out and back
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walkabout
nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine
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walk-through
the act of walking in order to view something
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drifting
aimless wandering from place to place
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ford, fording
the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
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traversal, traverse
taking a zigzag path on skis
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motoring
the act of driving an automobile
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bronco busting
breaking a bronco to saddle
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endurance riding
riding for long hours over long distances
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pack riding
riding with a pack
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trail riding
riding along a roughly blazed path
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flight, flying
an instance of traveling by air
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fare-stage
a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same
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commute
a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work
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drive, ride
a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
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long haul
a journey over a long distance
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mush
a journey by dogsled
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odyssey
a long wandering and eventful journey
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trip
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
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passage, transit
a journey usually by ship
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expedition
a journey organized for a particular purpose
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digression, excursion
wandering from the main path of a journey
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schlep, shlep
a tedious or difficult journey
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trek
a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
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circuit, tour
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
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pilgrim's journey, pilgrimage
a journey to a sacred place
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excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay
a journey taken for pleasure
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voyage
a journey to some distant place
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way
a journey or passage
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ocean trip, voyage
an act of traveling by water
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sailing
riding in a sailboat
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boating, yachting
water travel for pleasure
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