travelled

«travelled» in Mova's school dictionary: Went from one place to another, especially far away: "We… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past tense and past participle of travel)

meaning for a pupil

1) Went from one place to another, especially far away: "We travelled to Scotland." tree →

2) Moved: "Sound travels through air." tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life families have travelled by car, train or plane on holiday. In science, light and sound have "travelled" a distance; in maths, distance-speed-time problems ask how far something travelled. Phrases: travelled by train, travelled abroad, well-travelled, travelled far.

examples

• We travelled to Ireland by ferry. tree →
• The car travelled 120 kilometres in two hours. tree →
• Light travelled from the Sun to the Earth. tree →
• My grandma has travelled all over the world. tree →
• The news travelled fast around the school. tree →
• They travelled by bus to the museum. tree →

note

Spelling: British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English write "travelled", "travelling" with double l; American English writes "traveled", "traveling" with one l. Both are correct. In maths, distance travelled = speed × time: 60 kilometres an hour for 2 hours = 120 kilometres.

In the corpora

• Spelling also differs by country: British «travelled», American «traveled»; both are right at home.
• Few traders travelled the whole Silk Road; goods usually passed from merchant to merchant and market to market.
• Along the Silk Road travelled not only goods but also ideas, religions and inventions.
• Sharp volcanic glass called obsidian travelled hundreds of kilometres over 10,000 years ago.
• Paul travelled across the Roman world starting churches, and was shipwrecked, beaten and put in prison, yet he kept going.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «travelled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.