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to travel to

to travel to

263 1.0
To go to another place for work or pleasure
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈtrævəl tu/
translation icon : viajar a
  • In three days, several of you will be traveling with me to Pensacola to participate in the Olympic trials.
  • travel to other countries
  • travel to another city
  • travel to Washington

I will nevertheless travel to both Ukraine and Russia.

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Examples

  • Pregnant women should be strongly advised not to travel to malaria risk regions.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I will nevertheless travel to both Ukraine and Russia.

    Lex Fridman

  • We are going to travel to your house.

  • I should travel to France with the rest of the party?

    Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

  • Many staff, particularly home care workers, use their own vehicles to travel to clients.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Speaker, the Prime Minister will travel to Scotland today.

  • We are traveling to Lhasa.

    Kundun (1997)

  • Despite the obvious dangers, she traveled to Paris and was promptly arrested.

    Academic text (2011)

  • In 1884, he planned to travel to Maine with his daughter Annie.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I am planning to travel to Japan for my vacation next summer.

Synonyms

to go
vsto travel to
∞ 1.0

To move from one place to another, physically or in meaning

is specific to going between places for pleasure, exploration, or work
to see
vsto travel to
∞ 1.0

To visit a place or event to look at its sights

focuses on going for pleasure, exploration, or work rather than only sightseeing
to visit
vsto travel to
∞ 1.0

To go to see a person or place, usually for a short time

is broader and includes longer journeys or trips beyond short calls
to travel
vsto travel to
∞ 1.0

To go from one place to another, often for work or pleasure

is about going from one place to another especially for pleasure or work
to tour
vsto travel to
184 1.9

To travel to several places for work or pleasure

involves going from one place to another without the around or circuit focus
to journey
vsto travel to
40 2.6

To travel from one place to another over a long distance

is the verb action of going for pleasure or work, not the long trip noun

Antonyms

to stay put
  • Informal
133 2.0

Remain in the same place without moving

How Far

to voyage
3 4.0
to travel to
263 1.0
to journey
40 2.6
to go to
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

travel to infinitive
traveled to past
traveled to past participle
traveling to present participle
travels to third person singular

Morphology

travel + to

The meaning 'to go from one place to another' is directly and transparently derived from 'travel' (to journey) combined with the directional preposition 'to' indicating destination. This motion-verb + directional preposition pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Travel to comes from the simple picture of someone moving along a road toward a place, where travel means to go and to shows the place they are going. So, travel to means 'to go from one place to another', often for pleasure, work, or exploration.