Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having made journeys; experienced in travel.
- adjective Frequented by travelers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In geology, technically applied to boulders which have been moved far from their parent ledges, as in the case of glacial erratics.
- Harassed; tormented; fretted.
- Worked over; turned up with the spade; tilled.
- Having made journeys; having gone, or having been carried, to distant points or countries: as, traveled Madeira is highly prized.
- Having gained knowledge or experience by labor or travel; hence, experienced; knowing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective US
Frequented bytravelers . - adjective US
Experienced in travel. - verb US Simple past tense and past participle of
travel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective familiar with many parts of the world
- adjective traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
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Examples
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Her name traveled through his mind, and he berated himself for not stopping her.
Almost a Whisper Charlene Cross 1994
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Her name traveled through his mind, and he berated himself for not stopping her.
Almost a Whisper Charlene Cross 1994
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The word traveled through Park City; I even overheard a conversation about our film in a bus headed to a different screening.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com John Hibey 2012
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In September, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin traveled to Siberia for some hunting, fishing and horseback riding.
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They traveled from the suburb of Mt. Washington and, even when the Steelers were losing late in the game, Marcus was preparing for the celebration.
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But taxing actual miles traveled is perhaps perceived as being a factor one has more control over, and so can be justified in this sense.
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I also love that the person who complains about “endless quibbling” is the one who argues with my characterization of a statistically insignificant increase of less than 7000 miles traveled from a base of 2,900,000 as stagnant or no growth.
Matthew Yglesias » Mass Transit is As American as Apple Pie 2010
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ElamBend: me: your presumption that I have not traveled is misplaced.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » US vs. Europe: Standard of Living 2010
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I also love that the person who complains about “endless quibbling” is the one who argues with my characterization of a statistically insignificant increase of less than 7000 miles traveled from a base of 2,900,000 as stagnant or no growth. jack lecou says:
Matthew Yglesias » Mass Transit is As American as Apple Pie 2010
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And even you should be able to figure out that an increase of under 7,000 miles traveled on over 2,900,000 miles traveled is statistically insignificant, and is why the FHWA said there was a 0% increase, and why I used the word “stagnant.”
Matthew Yglesias » Mass Transit is As American as Apple Pie 2010
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