- travel
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ 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 travel.
▪ extensive▪ interplanetary, interstellar, space▪ timeTRAVEL + NOUN▪ agency, agent, business, company, firm (esp. BrE), industry, market, service▪an online travel agent
▪ arrangements, plans▪ allowance (esp. BrE), budget, costs, expenses▪ insurance▪ document▪ itinerary, schedule (esp. AmE)▪ destination▪Mexico's top travel destinations
▪ ban, restrictions▪ time▪The new road will reduce travel time to the airport.
▪ season (AmE)▪the holiday travel season
▪ sickness (esp. BrE)▪ book, brochure, guide▪ literature, writing▪ writer▪ bag▪ companion (esp. AmE)PREPOSITION▪ travel from, travel to▪The price includes travel from Bangkok to Phuket.
PHRASES▪ a/the direction of travel (often figurative in BrE)▪The party needs to set out a clear direction of travel for health care.
▪ a/the means of travel, a/the mode of travel▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The bus is their preferred mode of travel.
verbADVERB▪ fast, quickly▪News travels fast these days.
▪ slowly▪ regularly▪business people who travel regularly to the US
▪ widely▪She travels widely in her job.
▪ freely▪The dissidents were unable to hold meetings or travel freely.
▪ independently▪I prefer to travel independently.
▪ alone, together▪ separately▪We had to travel separately as we couldn't get seats on the same flight.
▪ first class, tourist class, etc.▪I always travel first class.
▪ extensively, far, far and wide▪information for the backpacker who wants to travel farther afield
▪a writer who travels far and wide
▪ abroad, overseas▪The job gives her the opportunity to travel overseas.
▪ home▪ back, back and forth, down▪He travels back and forth across the Atlantic.
▪ north, northwards, etc.PREPOSITION▪ across, along, around, at▪to travel at the speed of light
▪ between, by▪We decided to travel by car.
▪ around, from, into, round (esp. BrE), through▪We plan to travel through Thailand and into Cambodia.
▪ to, with▪He travels with a huge entourage.
PHRASES▪ freedom to travel▪ go travelling/traveling▪When I finished college I went travelling/traveling for six months (= spent time visiting different places).
▪ travel all over the world, travel around the world▪ travel back in time▪In the film, he travels back in time to the '50s.
▪ travel light▪She travels light, choosing to use as little equipment as possible.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
