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 Definitions of transportation  [ˌtræns pərˈteɪ ʃən]  

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Definition of 'transportation' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) transportation
the act of transporting.

2.  transportation
the state of being transported.

3.  transportation
the means of transport or conveyance.

4.  transportation
the business of conveying people, goods, etc.

5.  transportation
fare or tickets for transport or travel.

6.  transportation
banishment, as of a criminal to a penal colony; deportation.

Etymology:  (1530–40)

Definition of 'transportation' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) transportation system, transportation, transit
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

2. (noun) transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance
the act of moving something from one location to another

3. (noun) fare, transportation
the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

4. (noun) Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoT
the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

5. (noun) transportation, shipping, transport
the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

6. (noun) exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation
the act of expelling a person from their native land
"men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"


Definition of 'transportation' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) transportation
the activity of or system for moving people or things from one place to another
the transportation of hazardous materials; public transportation


Definition of 'transportation' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) transportation
the act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance

2. (noun) transportation
transport; ecstasy


Definition of 'transportation' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  transportation
The means of moving persons, animals, goods, or materials from one place to another.



'transportation' - Nearby Entries  

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