roam
verb
Simple meaning
To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
rohmIPA pronunciation (US)
ɹoʊm
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Definition
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verb
To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
To range or wander over.
“Gangs of thugs roamed the streets.”
To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
Used this way, roam is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use roam
- “The gypsies roamed the woods.”verb
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