Wanderings
noun
The act of moving around without a specific route or purpose.
His wanderings through the city often led him to discover amazing places.
Often appears as...
- aimless wanderings
- endless wanderings
noun
Movements or travels from one place to another, often over large distances.
The wanderings of the nomadic tribe took them to different parts of the continent each year.
Often appears as...
- desert wanderings
- global wanderings
noun
Thoughts or discussions moving from one topic to another with no obvious connection.
His lectures were often characterized by philosophical wanderings that confused some students.
Often appears as...
- intellectual wanderings
- creative wanderings
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Academic
noun
The act of moving around without a specific route or purpose.
His wanderings through the city often led him to discover amazing places.
Often appears as...
- aimless wanderings
- endless wanderings
noun
Movements or travels from one place to another, often over large distances.
The wanderings of the nomadic tribe took them to different parts of the continent each year.
Often appears as...
- desert wanderings
- global wanderings
noun
Thoughts or discussions moving from one topic to another with no obvious connection.
His lectures were often characterized by philosophical wanderings that confused some students.
Often appears as...
- intellectual wanderings
- creative wanderings
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Purposeless Travel
Used to describe travel that's done with no specific goal, just for the experience or fun.
Her wanderings across Europe were simply for pleasure, not business.
Pro Tip 2/3Discovering Unplanned
Implies the joy of unexpectedly finding something interesting while moving around.
Their wanderings in the forest led to the discovery of a hidden waterfall.
Pro Tip 3/3Generally Positive
Often has a positive connotation, suggesting the pleasure of exploring freely.
His wanderings in the new city filled him with a sense of adventure.
Pro Tip 1/3Purposeless Travel
Used to describe travel that's done with no specific goal, just for the experience or fun.
Her wanderings across Europe were simply for pleasure, not business.
Pro Tip 2/3Discovering Unplanned
Implies the joy of unexpectedly finding something interesting while moving around.
Their wanderings in the forest led to the discovery of a hidden waterfall.
Pro Tip 3/3Generally Positive
Often has a positive connotation, suggesting the pleasure of exploring freely.
His wanderings in the new city filled him with a sense of adventure.
Pro Tip 1/3Purposeless Travel
Used to describe travel that's done with no specific goal, just for the experience or fun.
Her wanderings across Europe were simply for pleasure, not business.
Pro Tip 2/3Discovering Unplanned
Implies the joy of unexpectedly finding something interesting while moving around.
Their wanderings in the forest led to the discovery of a hidden waterfall.
Pro Tip 3/3Generally Positive
Often has a positive connotation, suggesting the pleasure of exploring freely.
His wanderings in the new city filled him with a sense of adventure.
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This ancient code of hospitality was called xenia. It involved hosts providing their guests with safety, food, and comfort, and the guests returning the favor with courtesy and gifts if they had them. Xenia has a significant role in the "Odyssey," where Odysseus in his wanderings is the perpetual guest,
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The Unconquered:...
to boast protection for their land we're gonna check to see if there are any imminent threats from intruders and we're going to map the extent of their wants seasonal wanderings in order to better protect this land and even and keep even
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escape and within the next few days they will be ready to return to the depths and resume their lonely wanderings in search of food this is no graveyard but the triumph of a hundred thousand
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Everything you need to...
This ancient code of hospitality was called xenia. It involved hosts providing their guests with safety, food, and comfort, and the guests returning the favor with courtesy and gifts if they had them. Xenia has a significant role in the "Odyssey," where Odysseus in his wanderings is the perpetual guest,
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The Unconquered:...
to boast protection for their land we're gonna check to see if there are any imminent threats from intruders and we're going to map the extent of their wants seasonal wanderings in order to better protect this land and even and keep even
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Stingray Ambushes Army...
escape and within the next few days they will be ready to return to the depths and resume their lonely wanderings in search of food this is no graveyard but the triumph of a hundred thousand
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Mark Kurlansky
American Journalist
As a post-Holocaust kid, growing up in a neighborhood with a lot of Jewish refugees, I had got the idea there were no Jews left in Europe. But I found in my European wanderings that many of them had gone back and rebuilt their lives.
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Mark Bradford
American Artist
I've always been inspired by small details that make me wander. My mother would ask me, 'What are you looking at so intensely?' I would answer, 'Everything and nothing.' She really supported my wanderings, called me Marco Polo.
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Donald Cargill
Scottish Clergyman
Farewell all relations and friends in Christ; farewell acquaintances and all earthly enjoyments; farewell reading and preaching, praying and believing, wanderings, reproaches, and sufferings.
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Henry Williamson
English Author
If salt ocean is the Great Mother from whom all life has sprung, fresh water is the Nurse entrusted to nourish life within her wanderings and around her wave-lapped margins.
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Deepti Naval
Indian Actress
I give a lot of credit to my wanderings. Because it just opens up your mind to life itself.
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Mark Kurlansky
American Journalist
As a post-Holocaust kid, growing up in a neighborhood with a lot of Jewish refugees, I had got the idea there were no Jews left in Europe. But I found in my European wanderings that many of them had gone back and rebuilt their lives.
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Mark Bradford
American Artist
I've always been inspired by small details that make me wander. My mother would ask me, 'What are you looking at so intensely?' I would answer, 'Everything and nothing.' She really supported my wanderings, called me Marco Polo.
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Donald Cargill
Scottish Clergyman
Farewell all relations and friends in Christ; farewell acquaintances and all earthly enjoyments; farewell reading and preaching, praying and believing, wanderings, reproaches, and sufferings.
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Henry Williamson
English Author
If salt ocean is the Great Mother from whom all life has sprung, fresh water is the Nurse entrusted to nourish life within her wanderings and around her wave-lapped margins.
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Deepti Naval
Indian Actress
I give a lot of credit to my wanderings. Because it just opens up your mind to life itself.
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