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# trip

noun, verb (trip, trips, tripped, tripping)

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

## Everyday

1. A trip is a journey to a place and back, often short: a school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#m1)
2. To trip is to catch your foot on something and almost fall or fall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#m2)
3. To trip someone up is to make them fall, or to make them make a mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#m3)
4. A round trip is going and coming back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#m4)
5. Trip can also mean to walk or dance with quick, light steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#m5)

### In the lessons

Maths: a journey with distance, cost or time; trips counted and multiplied by distance or cost; «round trip» is twice one way. School: field trip, school trip, permission slip. Safety: tidy toys away so nobody trips over them. Everyday: day trip, business trip, «have a good trip».

### Examples

- The trip to the zoo is 30 miles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#x1)
- The bus makes 4 trips a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#x2)
- Each trip costs 3 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#x3)
- A round trip is 2 times the distance one way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#x4)
- Our class went on a trip to the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#x5)
- Mind you don't trip over the cable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#x6)
- He tripped on the step and fell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#x7)
- Have a good trip! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#x8)
- They tripped about in the cabbage garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/#x9)

### Note

Countable noun; verb doubles the p: tripped, tripping. Trips are often counted and multiplied by distance or cost. Trap: «round trip» is twice one way.

## On Mova

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