[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/travelled/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) / travelled

# travelled

verb (past tense and past participle of travel)

«travelled» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Went from one place to another, especially far away: "We travelled to Scotland." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelled/#m1)
2. Moved: "Sound travels through air." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelled/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelled/#x1)
- The car travelled 120 kilometres in two hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelled/#x2)
- Light travelled from the Sun to the Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelled/#x3)
- My grandma has travelled all over the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelled/#x4)
- The news travelled fast around the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelled/#x5)
- They travelled by bus to the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelled/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «travelled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«travelled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/travelled.html) on Mova free.