TRAVEL


Meaning of TRAVEL in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ air , airline ( esp. AmE ), airplane ( esp. AmE ), automobile ( AmE ), bus , car , coach ( BrE ), jet , rail , sea , train

▪ domestic ( esp. AmE ), foreign , international , overseas , transatlantic , world

▪ long-distance

▪ business , corporate ( esp. AmE )

▪ adventure ( esp. AmE ), leisure

▪ holiday , vacation ( AmE )

▪ cheap , concessionary ( BrE ), discount ( esp. AmE ), free

▪ first-class

▪ return ( esp. BrE ), round-trip ( AmE )

▪ frequent

The job involves frequent ~.

▪ extensive

▪ interplanetary , interstellar , space

▪ time

TRAVEL + NOUN

▪ agency , agent , business , company , firm ( esp. BrE ), industry , market , service

an online ~ agent

▪ arrangements , plans

▪ allowance ( esp. BrE ), budget , costs , expenses

▪ insurance

▪ document

▪ itinerary , schedule ( esp. AmE )

▪ destination

Mexico's top ~ destinations

▪ ban , restrictions

▪ time

The new road will reduce ~ time to the airport.

▪ season ( AmE )

the holiday ~ season

▪ sickness ( esp. BrE )

▪ book , brochure , guide

▪ literature , writing

▪ writer

▪ bag

▪ companion ( esp. AmE )

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ from , ~ to

The price includes ~ from Bangkok to Phuket.

PHRASES

▪ a/the direction of ~ ( often figurative in BrE )

The party needs to set out a clear direction of ~ for health care.

▪ a/the means of ~ , a/the mode of ~

The bus is their preferred mode of ~.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ fast , quickly

News ~s fast these days.

▪ slowly

▪ regularly

business people who ~ regularly to the US

▪ widely

She ~s widely in her job.

▪ freely

The dissidents were unable to hold meetings or ~ freely.

▪ independently

I prefer to ~ independently.

▪ alone , together

▪ separately

We had to ~ separately as we couldn't get seats on the same flight.

▪ first class , tourist class , etc.

I always ~ first class.

▪ extensively , far , far and wide

information for the backpacker who wants to ~ farther afield

a writer who ~s far and wide

▪ abroad , overseas

The job gives her the opportunity to ~ overseas.

▪ home

▪ back , back and forth , down

He ~s back and forth across the Atlantic.

▪ north , northwards , etc.

PREPOSITION

▪ across , along , around , at

to ~ at the speed of light

▪ between , by

We decided to ~ by car.

▪ around , from , into , round ( esp. BrE ), through

We plan to ~ through Thailand and into Cambodia.

▪ to , with

He ~s with a huge entourage.

PHRASES

▪ freedom to ~

▪ go travelling/traveling

When I finished college I went travelling/~ing for six months (= spent time visiting different places) .

▪ ~ all over the world , ~ around the world

▪ ~ back in time

In the film, he ~s back in time to the '50s.

▪ ~ light

She ~s light, choosing to use as little equipment as possible.

Travel is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ ball , ↑ convoy , ↑ eye , ↑ gaze , ↑ lorry , ↑ news , ↑ ray , ↑ signal , ↑ sound , ↑ traffic , ↑ train , ↑ wave

Travel is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ circuit , ↑ country , ↑ distance , ↑ globe , ↑ highway , ↑ length , ↑ mile , ↑ road , ↑ route , ↑ world

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .