Travel Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure. | | 2. | to move or go from one place or point to another. | | 3. | to proceed or advance in any way. | | 4. | to go from place to place as a representative of a business firm. | | 5. | to associate or consort: He travels in a wealthy crowd. | | 6. | Informal. to move with speed. | | 7. | to pass, or be transmitted, as light or sound. | | 8. | Basketball. walk (def. 9). | | 9. | to move in a fixed course, as a piece
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of mechanism. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to travel, journey, or pass through or over, as a country or road. | | 11. | to journey or traverse (a specified distance): We traveled a hundred miles. | | 12. | to cause to journey; ship: to travel logs downriver. | –noun | 13. | the act of traveling; journeying, esp. to distant places: to travel to other planets. | | 14. | travels, | a. |
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journeys; wanderings: to set out on one's travels. | | b. | journeys as the subject of a written account or literary work: a book of travels. | | c. | such an account or work. | | | 15. | the coming and going of persons or conveyances along a way of passage; traffic: an increase in travel on state roads. | | 16. | Machinery. | a. | the complete movement of a moving part, esp. a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed; stroke. | | | 17. | movement or passage in general: to reduce the travel of food from kitchen to table. | –adjective | 18. | used or designed for use while traveling: a travel alarm clock. | |
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Direction Definition–noun | 1. | the act or an instance of directing. | | 2. | the line along which anything lies, faces, moves, etc., with reference to the point or region toward which it is directed: The storm moved in a northerly direction. | | 3. | the point or region itself: The direction is north. | | 4. | a position on a line extending from a specific point toward a point of the compass or toward the nadir or the zenith. | | 5. | a line of thought or action or a tendency or inclination: the direction of contemporary thought. | | 6. | Usually, directions. instruction or guidance for making, using, etc.: directions for baking a cake. | | 8. | management; control; guidance; supervision: a company under good direction. | | 10. | the name and address of the intended recipient as written on a letter, package, etc. | | 11. | decisions in a stage or film production as to stage business, speaking of lines, lighting, and general presentation. | | 12. | the technique, act, or business of making such decisions, managing and training a cast of actors, etc. | | 13. | the technique, act, or business of directing an orchestra, concert, or other musical presentation or group. | | 14. | Music. a symbol or phrase that indicates in a score the proper tempo, style of performance, mood, etc. | | 15. | a purpose or orientation toward a goal that serves to guide or motivate; focus: He doesn't seem to have any direction in life. | |
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