travel

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtrævəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtrævəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(travəl)

Inflections of 'travel' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.
travels
v 3rd person singular
travelling
v pres p (Mainly UK)
traveling
v pres p (US)
travelled
v past (Mainly UK)
traveled
v past (US)
travelled
v past p (Mainly UK)
traveled
v past p (US)
WordReference Collins English Usage © 2025
travel
Travel can be a verb or a noun. The other forms of the verb are travels, travelling, travelled in British English, and travels, traveling, traveled in American English.
used as a verb
If you make a journey to a place, you can say that you travel there.
I travelled to work by train.
When you travel, you go to several places, especially in foreign countries.
They brought news from faraway places in which they travelled.
You have to have a passport to travel abroad.
used as a noun
Travel is the act of travelling. When travel has this meaning, it is an uncountable noun.
They arrived after four days of hard travel.
Air travel is so easy these days.
We used to dream about space travel.
‘travels’
When someone has made several journeys to different places, especially places a long way from their home, you can refer to these journeys as their travels.
Stasya told us all about her travels.
It is a collection of rare plants and trees collected during lengthy travels in the Far East.
Be careful
Don't talk about ‘a travel’. Instead you talk about a journey, a trip, or a voyage.
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