roaming

/ˈɹəʊmɪŋ/US/ˈɹoʊmɪŋ/

roaming is the present participle and gerund of roam.

Noun

roaming (countable and uncountable, plural roamings)

(countable) An instance of wandering.
- That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.2009 February 15, Judith Martin, “It Started in Naples”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022
(uncountable) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.
(uncountable) The use of a network or service from different locations or devices.
(uncountable, operating system) Using the OS service of manipulating folders and documents from different PC devices by a registered user.

roam (third-person singular simple present roams, present participle roaming, simple past and past participle roamed)

(intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam,
  ⁠My blessing, like a line of light,
  ⁠Is on the waters day and night,
  And like a beacon guards thee home.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 28
Synonyms:

err, shrithe, wander, mooch
(transitive) To range or wander over.
- Gangs of thugs roamed the streets.
(intransitive) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
(transitive) To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.
- At first, it seemed counterintuitive to me to roam settings between computers, but my problem at the time was that every example I was considering was a setting that only made sense for a single computer.2013, Scott Isaacs, Kyle Burns, Beginning Windows Store Application Development

plural	roamings

What does roaming mean?: Roaming means an instance of wandering.
What is roaming the present participle and gerund of?: Roaming is the present participle and gerund of roam.
What part of speech is roaming?: Roaming is a noun.
How do you pronounce roaming?: Roaming is pronounced /ˈɹoʊmɪŋ/ (US).
What is the plural of roaming?: The plural of roaming is roamings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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