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Wiktionary

  1. travelsnoun

    Plural form of travel.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Travelnoun

    Etymology: travail, Fr. from the noun.

    Love had cut him short,
    Confin’d within the purlieus of his court.
    Three miles he went, nor farther could retreat,
    His travels ended at his country-seat. Dryden.

    Mingled send into the dance
    Moments fraught with all the treasures,
    Which thy eastern travel views. Matthew Prior.

    Let him spend his time no more at home,
    Which would be great impeachment to his age,
    In having known no travel in his youth. William Shakespeare.

    Travel in the younger sort is a part of education; in the elder a part of experience. Francis Bacon, Essays, №. 18.

    A man not enlightened by travel or reflexion, grows as fond of arbitrary power, to which he hath been used, as of barren countries, in which he has been born and bred. Addis.

    He wars with a retiring enemy,
    With much more travail than with victory. Daniel.

    What think’st thou of our empire now, though earn’d
    With travel difficult. John Milton.

    Thy mother well deserves that short delight,
    The nauseous qualms of ten long months and travel to requite. John Dryden, Virg.

    A book of his travels hath been honoured with the translation of many languages. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    Histories engage the soul by sensible occurrences; as also voyages, travels, and accounts of countries. Isaac Watts.

Wikidata

  1. Travels

    Travels is the Pat Metheny Group's first live album, released in 1983. The album consists of two CDs worth of live material recorded in July, October and November 1982, at Philadelphia, Dallas, Sacramento, Hartford and Nacogdoches. Along with Pat Metheny, the album features Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Dan Gottlieb and the influence of "special guest" Nana Vasconcelos is noticeably evident on the group's music. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1983.

Editors Contribution

  1. travels

    Plural form of the word travel.

    On their travels they met many wonderful people who shared their kindness with them.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 13, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of travels in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of travels in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of travels in a Sentence

  1. Yana Tchekhanovetz:

    Christian pilgrims to the Land of Israel from all over the Byzantine Empire (Turkey, the Balkans, Greece and present-day Russia) would carry his icon to protect them from harm, it is probable that the ring belonged to a pilgrim who sought the protection of St. Nicholas on his travels.

  2. Rudyard Kipling:

    Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne, He travels fastest who travels alone.

  3. Kara Landau:

    Unripe bananas contain one of the world’s richest sources of prebiotic resistant starch, which resists digestion as it travels through your gut and feeds the beneficial bacteria living in your large intestine. A well-nourished gut microbiota will multiply and diversity, leading to better gut health, good gut health is linked to reduced inflammation, improved immunity, enhanced nutrient absorption, a supported mood, and less digestive issues, all of which can help you look and feel younger! For those that do not like the taste and texture of unripe bananas, green banana flour contains resistant starch in a different form, and can easily be added to smoothies and overnight oats.

  4. Jeb Bush:

    Where was the secretary of state in all of this? In all her record-setting travels, she stopped by Iraq exactly once, who can seriously argue that America and our friends are safer today than in 2009, when the president and Secretary Clinton … took office?

  5. Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1854):

    The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

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    the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
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