The meaning of ROVING is not restricted as to location or area of concern. How to use roving in a sentence.

Idiom have a roving eye (Definition of roving from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Attractions include free face painting, street performers, and roving musicians.

Definition of roving adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Dec 14, 2025 · roving (comparative more roving, superlative most roving) Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place. quotations

Roving things or people are in motion, like a roving reporter who travels to cover stories instead of staying put at her desk. Some roving animals are migrating, moving from one point on the …

There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun roving, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

When something is described as roving, it implies a lack of settled or stationary nature, often associated with an adventurous or nomadic lifestyle.

ROVING definition: roaming or wandering. See examples of roving used in a sentence.

not assigned or restricted to any particular location, area, topic, etc.: a roving editor. not assigned to any particular diplomatic post but having a special mission: a roving ambassador.