10 Travel terms
This glossary can help you prepare for the IELTS writing tasks related to the Number of visitors to four International Museums in Travel.
noun
The action or process of adding something to something else.
Example: In addition, the number of visitors to the Shenzhen Museum stayed about the same over the thirty-five-year period.
adverb
Used to show that something is almost, but not completely, accurate or exact; roughly.
Example: All in all, the Louvre Museum was the most popular, with between approximately 8 and 9 million visitors each year.
verb
Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
Example: The number of visitors to the London Science Museum decreased slowly from just over 4 million in 1980.
Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.
Example: They fell from just under 4 million in 1980 to just over 3 million in 2000 and then rose to just under 4 million again in 2015.
Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.
Example: By contrast, the visitors to the Vatican Museum increased from just under 5 million in 1980 to around 9 million in 2015.
The number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a thousand; 1,000,000 or 106.
Example: The least popular were the Shenzhen and the London Science Museum, with no more than 4 million visitors each year.
A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.
Example: The line graph shows how many people visited four museums in different countries in the world.
At a slow speed; not quickly.
Remain in the same place.
Go to see and spend time with (someone) socially.