travelling

«travelling» in Mova's school dictionary: going from one place to another, especially far away, on… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (travel, travels, travelled, travelling); noun (travelling); adjective (travelling — a travelling circus)

meaning for a pupil

1) Travelling means going from one place to another, especially far away, on a trip or journey. tree →

2) (noun) Travelling is the activity of going on journeys. tree →

3) (adjective) Moving from place to place: a travelling show. tree →

4) In science, moving through space: light travelling through glass. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life: travelling by car, train, plane or bus; travelling sickness (car sickness). In science: light travelling in straight lines; sound travelling through solids, liquids and gases. In maths problems: speed, distance and time when travelling.

examples

• We are travelling to Scotland by train. tree →
• Travelling by plane is fast. tree →
• Light travels in straight lines. tree →
• Sound travels faster through water than through air. tree →
• A travelling circus came to town. tree →
• I get sick when travelling in the car. tree →
• The train was travelling at 100 kilometres an hour. tree →
• I should like to have a travelling companion! tree →

note

British spelling doubles the l: travelled, travelling, traveller; American spelling has one l: traveled, traveling. In maths: distance = speed × time.

In the corpora

• "Montezuma's revenge" is a joking American name for diarrhoea caught while travelling, especially in Mexico.
• When the noun goes plural, everything travelling with it goes plural too: les yeux bleus, les chevaux sont dans le champ.

Trees and pragmatics

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