traveling
/ˈtɹæv.lɪŋ/
traveling is the present participle and gerund of travel.
Noun
traveling (plural travelings)
Meaning of travel
Verb
travel (third-person singular simple present travels, present participle (US) traveling or (UK) travelling, simple past and past participle (US) traveled or (UK) travelled)
- To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
- John seems to spend as much time travelling as he does in the office.
- To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
- Soundwaves can travel through water.
- Synonyms:
- range
- To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- To travel throughout (a place).
- I’ve travelled the world.
- To force to journey.
- They shall not be travailed forth of their own franchises.1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...
- To labour; to travail.
- Necessity will make men fare hard, and work hard, and travel hard, go bare, and suffer much; yea it will even cut off a leg or arm to save their lives;1707, Richard Baxter, The Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Pious Mr. Richard Baxter, page 646
Adjective
traveling (not comparable)
- That travels (with one).
Forms of traveling
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | travelling |
| Noun | |
| plural | travelings |
Origin of traveling
From travel + -ing.
Words formed from traveling
- nontraveling
- untraveling
- time-traveling
- traveling companion
Phrases with traveling
- fast traveling
- traveling wave
- traveling crane
- traveling light
- traveling waves
- traveling cranes
- traveling expenses
- traveling salesman
- traveling salesmen
- traveling wave tube
- traveling wave tubes
- traveling salesman problem
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Questions about traveling
- What does traveling mean?
- Traveling means a violation committed by progressing while holding the ball instead of dribbling it.
- What is traveling the present participle and gerund of?
- Traveling is the present participle and gerund of travel.
- What part of speech is traveling?
- Traveling can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce traveling?
- Traveling is pronounced /ˈtɹæv.lɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of traveling?
- The plural of traveling is travelings.
Words near traveling in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: traveling (page history and authors); travel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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