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(intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. / (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.

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roam

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Source Word

roam

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɹəʊm/

Verb

intransitive transitive

(intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. / (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.

Japanese Meaning

目的地を定めずにさまよう、徘徊する / （コンピュータ・通信分野で）様々な場所やデバイスからネットワークやサービスに接続する、いわゆるローミングする行為

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During summer nights, stray cats roam the quiet alleys in search of food.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

夏の夜、野良猫たちは食べ物を求めて静かな路地を歩き回る。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.

Wilshere had started as a left-footed right-winger, coming in off the flank, but he and Özil both had the licence to roam. Tomas Rosicky was not tied down to one spot either and, with Ramsey breaking forward as well as Olivier Giroud's considerable presence, Marseille were overwhelmed from the moment Bacary Sagna's first touch of the night sent Wilshere running clear.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.

Sense（3）

(transitive, computing, telecommunications) To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.

At first, it seemed counterintuitive to me to roam settings between computers, but my problem at the time was that every example I was considering was a setting that only made sense for a single computer.

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