What does travelling mean?
Definitions for travelling
trav·el·ling
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word travelling.
Princeton's WordNet
travel, traveling, travellingnoun
the act of going from one place to another
"he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"
Wiktionary
travellingnoun
action of the verb to travel
travellingadjective
that travels (with one)
Wikipedia
travelling
Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations. Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements, as in the case of tourism.
ChatGPT
travelling
Travelling refers to the action of moving or going from one place to another, especially over a long distance, usually for the purposes of pleasure, exploration, business or other personal reasons. It can involve various modes of transportation such as by foot, car, train, boat, or airplane. Travelling can also encompass other activities such as sightseeing, experiencing different cultures, or visiting landmarks and attractions.
Webster Dictionary
Travelling
of Travel
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'travelling' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3946
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'travelling' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3512
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of travelling in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of travelling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of travelling in a Sentence
It was found near the top of a snow-capped mountain in South West Yukon, it was an incredible discovery, we really did n’t intend to be on that [ ice ] patch on that day. VIKING SWORD DISCOVERY : HUNTER FINDS 1,100-YEAR-OLD WEAPON ON NORWEGIAN MOUNTAIN The archaeologists were travelling in two helicopters with a documentary film crew when they noticed caribou on the ice patch they were planning to land on. Instead, the helicopter landed on a small nearby patch of snow where Senior Project Archaeologist Christian Thomas quickly spotted the arrow.
It is not necessarily whether Singapore is ready to welcome them but whether people are ready to start travelling.
More than half of migratory bird species travelling the world’s main flyways have suffered serious population declines in the past 30 years. This is due mainly to unequal and ineffective protection across their migratory range and the places they stop to refuel along their routes, a typical migratory bird relies on many different geographic locations throughout its annual cycle for food, rest and breeding. So even if we protect most of their breeding grounds, it’s still not enough – threats somewhere else can affect the entire population.
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift ones position, and be bruised in a new place.
We appeal to Nigerians to resist travelling abroad without proper documents. It becomes very dangerous and more difficult.
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