{
    "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."
}