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 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. | 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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Agent Definition–noun | 1. | a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf: Our agent in Hong Kong will ship the merchandise. A best-selling author needs a good agent. | | 2. | a person or thing that acts or has the power to act. | | 3. | a natural force or object producing or used for obtaining specific results: Many insects are agents of fertilization. | | 4. | an active cause; an efficient cause. | | 5. | a person who works for or manages an agency. | | 6. | a person who acts in an official capacity for a government or private agency, as a guard, detective, or spy: an FBI agent; the secret agents of a foreign power. | | 7. | a person responsible for a particular action: Who was the agent of this deed? | | 8. | Grammar. a form or construction, usually a noun or noun phrase, denoting an animate being that performs or causes the action expressed by the verb, as the police in The car was found by the police. | | 10. | a representative of a business firm, esp. a traveling salesperson; canvasser; solicitor. | | 11. | Chemistry. a substance that causes a reaction. |
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| 12. | Pharmacology. a drug or chemical capable of eliciting a biological response. | | 13. | Pathology. any microorganism capable of causing disease. | | 14. | British. a campaign manager; an election agent. | –adjective | 15. | acting; exerting power (opposed to patient ). | –verb (used with object) | 16. | to represent (a person or thing) as an agent; act as an agent for: to agent a manuscript; Who agented that deal? | |
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