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- [rohm]
- /roʊm/
- /ˈrəʊ.mɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rohm]
- /roʊm/
Definitions of roaming word
- verb without object roaming to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove: to roam about the world. 1
- verb with object roaming to wander over or through: to roam the countryside. 1
- noun roaming an act or instance of roaming; a ramble. 1
- noun roaming act of wandering 1
- noun roaming mobile networking 1
- uncountable noun roaming Roaming refers to the service provided by a mobile phone company which makes it possible for you to use your mobile phone when you travel abroad. 0
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Origin of roaming
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English romen < ?
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Roaming
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
roaming popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
roaming usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for roaming
adj roaming
- ambulant — moving about from place to place
- astray — out of the correct path or direction
- discursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- down and out — downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- meandering — to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
noun roaming
- motility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- movement — the act, process, or result of moving.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
- journey — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- movableness — The quality or state of being movable; mobility.
adjective roaming
- errable — Liable to error; fallible.
- errant — Erring or straying from the proper course or standards.
- itinerant — traveling from place to place, especially on a circuit, as a minister, judge, or sales representative; itinerating; journeying.
- itinerate — to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- jaunting — a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
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