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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#m1)

2) (noun) Travelling is the activity of going on journeys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#m2)

3) (adjective) Moving from place to place: a travelling show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#m3)

4) In science, moving through space: light travelling through glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#x1)
- Travelling by plane is fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#x2)
- Light travels in straight lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#x3)
- Sound travels faster through water than through air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#x4)
- A travelling circus came to town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#x5)
- I get sick when travelling in the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#x6)
- The train was travelling at 100 kilometres an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#x7)
- I should like to have a travelling companion! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/7-wind-sick-and-runs/13/)
- [When the noun goes plural, everything travelling with it goes plural too: les yeux bleus, les chevaux sont dans le champ.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «travelling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.