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traverseto go across or through something

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to go across or through something

Pronunciation (IPA): /trəˈvɜːrs/

Korean meaning: 가로지르다, 횡단하다

Korean pronunciation: 트러**버**스

Example Sentences

  • The pizza delivery guy had to traverse three zombie-infested neighborhoods to reach my house.
  • My cat likes to traverse the entire house at 3 AM, announcing her journey with loud meows.
  • The explorer will traverse the Amazon rainforest to study rare species.

traverse

VERB

//trəˈvɜːrs//

to go across or through something

traverse concept
💡 Concept

A hiker carefully traverses the narrow rope bridge over the gorge

traverse rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Traverse the universe, discover worlds diverse!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/trəˈvɜːrs/
🇬🇧 UK/trəˈvɜːs/

🌳Etymology

Prefixtra--
Root-vers-

Origin

From Old French 'traverser', derived from Latin 'transversus' meaning 'turned across', composed of 'trans-' (across) and 'vertere' (to turn). The word entered English in the 14th century.

🎵Rhyme

diversereverseuniverseadverse
diverse
reverse
universe
adverse

🔗Collocations

traverse a distance
traverse difficult terrain
traverse the globe
traverse a mountain range
traverse back and forth
traverse the field

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The pizza delivery guy had to traverse three zombie-infested neighborhoods to reach my house.

😄 Fun example

My cat likes to traverse the entire house at 3 AM, announcing her journey with loud meows.

The explorer will traverse the Amazon rainforest to study rare species.

The spacecraft will traverse millions of miles to reach Mars.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

crosstravel acrosspass throughnavigatejourney through

Antonyms

avoidcircumventbypass

Related

traversaltraversabletransversecrossnavigate

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