roaming
Use Roaming in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove: to roam about the world.
verb (used with object)
2.
to wander over or through: to roam the countryside.
noun
3.
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English romen < ?
1300–50; Middle English romen < ?
Related forms
roam·er, noun
un·roam·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. stray, stroll, prowl. Roam, ramble, range, rove imply wandering about over (usually) a considerable amount of territory. Roam implies a wandering or traveling over a large area, especially as prompted by restlessness or curiosity: to roam through a forest. Ramble implies pleasant, carefree moving about, walking with no specific purpose and for a limited distance: to ramble through fields near home. Range usually implies wandering over a more or less defined but extensive area in search of something: Cattle range over the plains. Rove sometimes implies wandering with specific incentive or aim, as an animal for prey: Bandits rove through these mountains.
1. stray, stroll, prowl. Roam, ramble, range, rove imply wandering about over (usually) a considerable amount of territory. Roam implies a wandering or traveling over a large area, especially as prompted by restlessness or curiosity: to roam through a forest. Ramble implies pleasant, carefree moving about, walking with no specific purpose and for a limited distance: to ramble through fields near home. Range usually implies wandering over a more or less defined but extensive area in search of something: Cattle range over the plains. Rove sometimes implies wandering with specific incentive or aim, as an animal for prey: Bandits rove through these mountains.
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roam (rəʊm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to travel or walk about with no fixed purpose or direction; wander |
| —n | |
| 2. | the act of roaming |
| [C13: origin unknown] | |
| 'roamer | |
| —n | |
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Roaming
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
roam
c.1300, romen, possibly from O.E. *ramian "act of wandering about," related to aræman "arise, lift up." There are no cognate forms in other Gmc. languages. "Except in late puns, there is no evidence of connexion with the Romance words denoting pilgrims or pilgrimages to Rome ...." [OED].
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Example sentences
The big payoff: improved system performance, cheaper service cost, and seamless roaming.
Most roaming agreements involve carriers that operate in different regions.
Fact is, increased roaming by our ancestors is pure speculation and counter to the behaviour of other predators.
At night, the only sounds came from the bells of roaming cattle and the branches scratching the roof.
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