Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of roam
nounroaming (countable and uncountable, plural roamings)
plural roamings
- countableAn instance of wandering.
That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.
2009 February 15, Judith Martin, “It Started in Naples”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022 - uncountablecommunicationsThe ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.
- uncountablecommunicationsThe use of a network or service from different locations or devices.
- uncountableoperating systemcomputingUsing the OS service of manipulating folders and documents from different PC devices by a registered user.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Ancient Greek πλάνη
- πλάνη (plánē)wandering
Arabic تجوال, رومينغ
- تجوال (tajwāl)using a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
- رومينغ (rūmīnġ)using a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Catalan itinerància
- itinerànciausing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Chinese Mandarin 漫遊 /漫游
- 漫遊 /漫游 (mànyóu)using a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Finnish vaeltelu, harhailu
- vaelteluwandering
- harhailuwandering
- verkkovierailuusing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
- roamingusing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
- verkkovierailuusing a network or a service from different locations or devices
- vierailuusing a network or a service from different locations or devices
- etäkäyttöregistering a PC and a cycle of {uploading, editing and downloading} from any networked PC
- vierailuregistering a PC and a cycle of {uploading, editing and downloading} from any networked PC
French vagabondage, itinérance
- vagabondagewandering
- itinéranceusing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
- roamingusing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
German Wandern, Roaming
- Wandernwandering
- Roamingusing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Greek περιαγωγή
- περιαγωγή (periagogí)using a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Hindi घूमना
- घूमना (ghūmnā)wandering
Hungarian barangolás, kóborlás
- barangoláswandering
- kóborláswandering
- bolyongáswandering
- kószáláswandering
- bóklászáswandering
- kódorgáswandering
- csavargáswandering
- barangolásusing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
- roamingusing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Italian roaming, itineranza
- roamingusing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
- itineranzausing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Japanese ローミング
- ローミング (rōmingu)using a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Korean 로밍
- 로밍 (roming)using a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Māori tīpakopako, tīpakopako
- tīpakopakousing a network or a service from different locations or devices
- tīpakopakoregistering a PC and a cycle of {uploading, editing and downloading} from any networked PC
Polish roaming
- roamingusing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Portuguese itinerância
- itinerânciausing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Russian блужда́ния, стра́нствия
- блужда́ния (bluždánija)wandering
- стра́нствия (stránstvija)wandering
- скита́ния (skitánija)wandering
- ро́уминг (róuming)using a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Scottish Gaelic allaban
- allabanwandering
Spanish itinerancia
- itineranciausing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Thai โรมมิ่ง
- โรมมิ่ง (róom-mîng)using a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Turkish dolaşma, uluslararası dolaşım
- dolaşmawandering
- uluslararası dolaşımusing a cell phone outside of its original registering zone
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with roaming
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Cite this entry
APA
roaming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roaming
MLA
“roaming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roaming. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roaming,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roaming.
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