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wan•der•ing

• evagation - Means mental wandering or digression, also a digression in speech or writing.
• mundivagant - Means "wandering around the world."
• vagation - The action of wandering, straying, or departing from the proper or regular course.
• wanderjahr - Literally German for "wander year," it refers to a year of wandering or travel.

wan·der·ing

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• wander back
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Definition of 'wandering'

wandering in American English

Examples of 'wandering' in a sentence wandering, cobuild collocations wandering, trends of wandering.

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Definition of wander verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• + adv./prep. She wandered aimlessly around the streets.
• We wandered back towards the car.
• wander something The child was found wandering the streets alone.
• Don't go wandering all over the house!
• He just wandered in one day and asked for a job.
• He wandered into a bar and ordered a drink.
• One day she wandered further afield.
• Simply wandering is a pleasure in itself.
• The cattle are allowed to wander freely.
• They found him wandering around aimlessly.
• Visitors are free to wander through the gardens and woods.
• Cattle and sheep wander freely on the hilltops.
• During the day I would wander the streets, asking passers-by for a few cents.
• He was found wandering in the road late one night.
• She had spent her life wandering from place to place.
• They spent a couple of hours wandering through the markets.
• disconsolately
• allow somebody/​something to
• let somebody/​something
• find somebody wandering

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• wander away/off The child wandered off and got lost.
• How could you let him wander off like that?
• wander from/off something They had wandered from the path into the woods.
• It's easy to be distracted and let your attention wander .
• Try not to let your mind wander .
• wander away, back, to, etc. something Her thoughts wandered back to her youth.
• Don’t wander off the subject—keep to the point.
• Lisa let her mind wander a little.
• His attention was beginning to wander.
• My thoughts wandered from the exam questions to my interview the next day.
• allow something to
• let something
• She let her gaze wander .
• + adv./prep. His eyes wandered towards the photographs on the wall.
• The road wanders along through the hills.

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Example sentences.

Later, information emerged that this sea lion is known for its wanderings.

This is counter-intuitive because spontaneous fluctuations and mind-wandering can also lead to depressive rumination and anxiety.

Similar to playing and dreaming is the wandering of our minds.

When psychologists do that, they find that mind-wandering is staggeringly frequent.

Mind-wandering is often considered a harmless quirk, as in the cliché of the scatter-brained professor.

Mr. Bachner found it by wandering through the market and identified a craftsmen here who works in a tiny booth.

And, in a gratuitous show of homicidal prowess, Moses kills two assassins he meets while wandering in the desert of Sinai.

After wandering at haphazard some little way I met a peasant in a sleigh.

He showed signs of a restless, wandering soul, someone searching for meaning around him.

I spotted American students wandering around London last week dressed in Stars and Stripes shorts and bikini tops.

She observed his pale looks, and the distracted wandering of his eyes; but she would not notice either.

This mode of learning promotes attention and prevents mind-wandering.

He paled a little, and sucked his lip, his eyes wandering to the girl, who stood in stolid inapprehension of what was being said.

John and Judas became the good and evil Wandering Jews of mediæval folklore.

He was relieved to learn that his grandson Moses Mole was not wandering about the garden, after all.

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Words related to wandering are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word wandering . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in different from that expected

• irregularity

adjective as in having no goal

• any which way
• bits and pieces
• directionless
• fits and starts
• hit-or-miss
• indiscriminate
• purposeless
• thoughtless
• unpredictable

adjective, adverb as in off the path or right direction

• off the mark

adjective as in having disordered thoughts and delusions

• flipped-out
• hallucinatory
• lightheaded
• off one's head
• out of one's head
• out of one's skull
• unreasonable

noun as in deviation from normal, expected

• branching off
• branching out
• declination
• latest thing
• new wrinkle

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On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wandering, such as: roving, winding, jaunting, roaming, strolling, and traveling.

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What does the noun wandering mean?

There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun wandering . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

wandering has developed meanings and uses in subjects including

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OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

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Earliest known use

Middle English

The earliest known use of the noun wandering is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).

OED's earliest evidence for wandering is from before 1300, in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th century .

wandering is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: wander v. , ‑ing suffix 1 .

Nearby entries

• wandclot, n. 1397
• wanded, adj. 1567–
• wandelard, n. 1338
• wander, n. 1843–
• wander, v. Old English–
• wanderable, adj. 1906–
• wander-bird, n. 1924–
• wander-book, n. 1844–
• wandered, adj. c1420–
• wanderer, n. c1440–
• wandering, n. a1300–
• wandering, adj. Old English–
• wandering Jew, n. 1622–
• Wanderjahr, n. 1893–
• wanderlust, n. 1902–
• wanderment, n. 1597–1605
• Wanderobo, n. 1902–
• wanderoo, n. 1681–
• wander-plug, n. 1923–
• wander-soul, n. 1917–
• wander-spirit, n. 1927–

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Meaning & use

Pronunciation, compounds & derived words, entry history for wandering, n..

wandering, n. was first published in 1921; not yet revised.

wandering, n. was last modified in July 2023.

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Meaning of "wander", wander •.

• 1. to move about without any special purpose: gumala, magpagala-gala, gumala-gala, maggala, lumibot, maglibot, magpalibut-libot, lumibut-libot, magpalakad-lakad, lumakad-lakad
• 2. to go from the right way: lumihis, malihis, ilihis, lihisan (ng daan)

» synonyms and related words:

• 1. to walk heavily: lumakad nang papadyak
• 2. to step heavily on: tumapak, tapakan, matapakan, yumapak, yapakan, mayapakan
• 3. to walk or wander aimlessly: magpagala-gala, gumala-gala
• 4. to walk, go on foot: maglakad, lumakad, lakarin
• 1. the sound of a heavy step: padyak, lagapak ng paa sa paglakad, yabag
• 2. a man who wanders about and begs: hampaslupa
• 3. a vagrant: bagamundo, taong lagalag
• 4. a freight ship: bapor na pangkargamento (pangangalakal)
• 1. a stove for cooking: kalan
• 2. a row: hanay, hilera, halayhay
• 3. land for grazing: pastulan, malawak na pastulan
• 4. a place to practice shooting: panudlaan, puntablankuhan, sanayan sa pagbaril
• 5. distance a gun can shoot: abot, layong abot
• 6. the distance between any limits: layo, agwat, pagitan
• 1. to put in a row or rows: maghanay, ihanay, maghilera, ihilera, maghalayhay, ihalayhay
• 2. to wander, to rove, to roam: maggala, gumala, magpagala-gala, gumala-gala, maglibot, lumibot, libutin, magpalibut-libot
• 3. to put in line on someones side: pumanig, makipanig, panigan, kumampi, makikampi, kampihan
• 4. to extend: umabot
• a wanderer, lost animal: kawalang (ligaw na) hayop
• 1. to wander, to roam: gumala, magpagala-gala, lumaboy, magpalabuy-laboy
• 2. to lose ones way: maligaw, mawala
• 3. to get out of the way: lumihis, malihis
• 1. wandering, lost: pagalagala, palaboy, nawawala, ligaw
• 2. scattered here and there: kalat, kalat-kalat, nagkalat, nakakalat, layu-layo, hiwa- hiwalay
• to wander, to roam: maggala, gumala, magpagala-gala, gumala-gala, maglibot, lumibot, maglagalag
• lumibot (-um-) to go around, to wander. Lumibot siya sa paligid ng bahay. He went around the outside of the house. maglibot (mag-) to go around, to wander. Maglibot ka sa bayan. Go around the town.
• lumayas (-um-) to go away, to run away. Lumayas siya kahapon. He ran away yesterday. maglayas (mag-) to travel around in vagabondage or wanderlust. Mahilig siyang maglayas. He loves to wander.

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Definition of vagabond

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Definition of vagabond  (Entry 3 of 3)

intransitive verb

• bindle stiff
• sundowner [ Australian ]
• swaggie [ chiefly Australian ]
• swagman [ chiefly Australian ]
• gallivanting
• galavanting
• perambulatory
• peripatetic

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Word History

Middle English vacabounde, vagabounde , borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French vacabunde , borrowed from Late Latin vagābundus , from Latin vagārī "to wander, roam" (verbal derivative of vagus "moving freely, wandering") + -bundus , deverbal adjective suffix (akin to Latin fuī "I was," Old English bēon "to be") — more at vague , be

15th century, in the meaning defined above

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

circa 1586, in the meaning defined above

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Middle English vagabond "moving about with no fixed home," from early French vacabund (same meaning), from Latin vagabundus (same meaning), from vagari "to wander about" — related to extravagant

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