TRAVELING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does traveling mean? 

• TRAVELING (noun)
  The noun TRAVELING has 1 sense:

1. the act of going from one place to another

  Familiarity information: TRAVELING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAVELING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of going from one place to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

travel; traveling; travelling

Context example:

he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel

Hypernyms ("traveling" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "traveling"):

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

commutation; commuting (the travel of a commuter)

seafaring; water travel (travel by water)

junketing (taking an excursion for pleasure)

on the road; on tour (travelling about)

staging (travel by stagecoach)

leg; stage (a section or portion of a journey or course)

journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)

air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)

walk (the act of walking somewhere)

driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)

crossing (traveling across)

wayfaring (traveling (especially on foot))

roving; vagabondage; wandering (travelling about without any clear destination)

traversal; traverse (travel across)

peregrination (traveling or wandering around)

circumnavigation (traveling around something (by ship or plane))

Derivation:

travel (undertake a journey or trip)

 Context examples 

The brighter jet, located to the right of the galaxy's center, is traveling almost directly toward Earth.

(The Giant Galaxy Around the Giant Black Hole, NASA)

The fungus was likely carried to the United States by humans traveling to and from Europe.

(Hibernation season over, will disease-ridden bats emerge from caves and mines this spring?, NSF)

She saw all her wolves lying dead, and the strangers still traveling through her country.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

He got engaged to her when traveling last winter, and she came down to be introduced to his people, with her brother as escort.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Uranus rules your fifth house but is currently traveling in your eighth house of other people’s money.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Usually, an object traveling at a similar speed would be a comet falling sunward from the outer solar system.

(New Study Shows What Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua Can Teach Us, NASA)

If you are traveling, it's important to drink only water you know is safe.

(Parasitic Diseases, NIH)

With more people traveling to other countries and living in crowded cities, it's easier for germs to spread.

(International Health, NIH)

A body structure consisting of nerves traveling together with arteries, veins, and/or lymphatics.

(Neurovascular Bundle, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Made you uncomfortable while traveling with others because of needing to stop for a restroom?

(OAB-q - Uncomfortable While Traveling With Others, NCI Thesaurus)