car·a·van
ˈker-ə-ˌvan 
ˈka-rə-
1
a
: a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions
also
: a train of pack animals
b
: a group of vehicles traveling together (as in a file)
2
a
: a covered wagon or motor vehicle equipped as traveling living quarters
b
British
: trailer sense 1b
caravanned or caravaned; caravanning or caravaning
: to travel in a caravan
Examples of caravan in a Sentence
Noun
a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street
bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California
Verb
We caravaned to the campsite.
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Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
Migrants from South America forged a harrowing route through Panama’s Darién Gap and marched in caravans across Mexico.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
Every year, my nuclear family caravaned to Colima, a small state in western Mexico, with at least four other families.
—Natalie Arroyo Camacho, refinery29.com, 16 July 2024
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Noun
In the Los Angeles area, weekend caravans typically meet at dawn on a Saturday for a drive that takes hours and return late the following night.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
Migrants from South America forged a harrowing route through Panama’s Darién Gap and marched in caravans across Mexico.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
Northern Arizona employees gathered in Flagstaff before meeting in Holbrook with employees from Payson and Snowflake to caravan across the country.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
Every year, my nuclear family caravaned to Colima, a small state in western Mexico, with at least four other families.
—Natalie Arroyo Camacho, refinery29.com, 16 July 2024
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“Caravan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caravan. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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