wander

CEFRB1

/ˈwɒndə/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To walk around without a clear purpose or direction.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To commit adultery.

Examples

  • Let's just wander and see where it takes us.

  • Maybe I'll just wander off on my own.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To stray; stray from one's course; err.

  2. To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.

  3. To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.

More examples

In context

  • Stray dogs wander the steep narrow lanes of the old town.

  • to go for a wander in the park

  • A writer wanders from his subject.

Synonyms

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In the afternoon, tourists often blank through the narrow streets of the old town.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn (“to wander”), from *wandōn (“to turn, change”) + *-rōn (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Dutch wandelen (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Danish vandre (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”).