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🐪 A group traveling 🚐 A travel trailer 🚗 To travel together
to caravan

to caravan

1 5.1
To travel together in a group with vehicles or animals for safety
  • verb
  • /ˈkærəˌvæn/
translation icon : viajar en caravana
  • During the summer, we often caravan with friends on road trips to explore new places.

I don't have to go and caravan to see football.

Examples

  • The group planned to caravan through the mountains, ensuring everyone arrived safely.

  • I'm gonna go grab my pack, then we can caravan outta here.

    Valley of Bones (2017)

  • I don't have to go and caravan to see football.

    True Geordie

  • Many of the volunteers had to work at least 27 hours to qualify for the credential, helping out with the Obama campaign locally, which had planned to either caravan to the DNC or ride in rented buses.

    Blog text (22)

  • We will caravan together to the festival, sharing rides and enjoying the journey.

Compounds

caravan inn
8.0

An inn with a large open yard that shelters travellers and animals

How Organized

to process
  • Formal
12 7.2
to caravan
1 5.1
to flock
74 2.0

Surface Forms

caravan infinitive
caravanned past
caravanned past participle
caravanning present participle
caravans third person singular

Etymology

Caravan As a verb, caravan comes from the same Persian kārvān ('group of travellers'), so to caravan is simply to travel together in a line or group, often for safety or fun.