trek
pronunciation
How to pronounce trek in British English:
UK [trek]
How to pronounce trek in American English:
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- Noun:
- a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
- any long and difficult trip
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- Verb:
- journey on foot, especially in the mountains
- make a long and difficult journey
Word Origin
- trek
- trek: see track
- trek
- 1849 (n.) "a stage of a journey by ox wagon;" 1850 (v.), "to travel or migrate by ox wagon," from Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken "to march, journey," originally "to draw, pull," from Middle Dutch trecken (cognate with Middle Low German trecken, Old High German trechan "to draw"). Especially in reference to the Groot Trek (1835 and after) of more than 10,000 Boers, who, discontented with the English colonial authorities, left Cape Colony and went north and north-east. In general use as a noun by 1941. Related: Trekked; trekking.
Example
- 1. It may also create the greatest trek in southeast asia .
- 2. Hurricane igor continued its westward trek across the atlantic ocean on september 14 .
- 3. Their parents sent them on the dangerous trek through high passes in the himalayas , to receive a decent education in india .
- 4. Their nomadic trek across 2000 rugged miles is one of the great feats of pre-historical man .
- 5. Like a lumbering elephant embarking on an epic trek , india 's general election got under way this week ( see article ) .