Verb

Infinitive to travel

Third person singular travels

Simple past Commonwealth travelled, US traveled

Past participle [[Commonwealth travelled, US traveled]]

Present participle Commonwealth travelling, US traveling

to travel (third-person singular simple present travels, present participle Commonwealth travelling, US traveling, simple past and past participle Commonwealth travelled, US traveled)

1. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

   I like to travel.

2. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.

   Soundwaves can travel through water.

3. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
4. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).

   I’ve travelled the world.

Travel is the change in location of people on a trip through the means of transport from one location to another. Travel is most commonly done for recreation (as part of tourism or to visit friends and family), for business or for commuting; but may be for numerous other reasons, such as migration, fleeing war, etc. Travel may occur by walking or human-powered mode, or through mechanical vehicles, either as private or public transport.

Travel may be local, regional, national or international. In some countries, non-local internal travel may require an internal passport, while international travel typically requires a passport and visa.

The word originates from the Middle English word travailen ("to toil"), which comes from the Old French word travailler ("travail"). A person who travels is called a traveler (U.S.) or traveller (UK).

• “The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.” ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

• "A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving." ~ Lao Tzu

• "Anything we fully do is an alone journey." ~ Natalie Goldberg

• "Don't listen to what they say. Go see." ~ Chinese proverb

• "Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking." ~ Saint Augustine (354-430)

• "He who strays discovers new paths." ~ Nils Kjær

• "Curiosity is the best learning tool one can posses." ~ S M Neel

• "It's only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning." ~ P. D. Ouspensky

• "if you're not willing to be changed by a place, there's no point in going."

• "Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink." ~ Shunryu Suzuki

• "Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place." ~ Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

• "The only way out is through." ~ Geneen Roth

• "The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sages steer by." Chuang-Tzu

• "The wise man's home is the universe." ~ Democrites (born c. 460 BC)

• "Traveling is like flirting with life." ~ Advertisement

• "When you get there, there isn't any there there." ~ Gertrude Stein

• "Wherever you are is the entry point." ~ Kabir

• "Who lives sees much. Who travels sees more." ~ Arab proverb

• "I had seen a little and knew a lot. Now I've seen a little more and know a lot less" ~ Micah MacAllen

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