Definitions for Transportation
ˌtræns pərˈteɪ ʃəntrans·porta·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. transportation system, transportation, transitnoun

   a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

2. transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyancenoun

   the act of moving something from one location to another

3. fare, transportationnoun

   the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

4. Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoTnoun

   the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

5. transportation, shipping, transportnoun

   the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

6. exile, deportation, expatriation, transportationnoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. transportationnoun

   The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

   We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.

2. transportationnoun

   Deportation to a penal colony.

   Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.

3. transportationnoun

   A means of conveyance.

   Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Transportationnoun

   Etymology: from transport.

   1. Removal; conveyance; carriage.

   Sir Francis Cottington and Mr. Endymion Porter had been sent before to provide a vessel for their transportation. Henry Wotton, Life of Buckingham.

   Some were not so solicitous to provide against the plague, as to know whether we had it from the malignity of our own air, or by transportation. Dryden.

   2. Banishment for felony.3. Ecstatick violence of passion.

   All pleasures that affect the body must needs weary, because they transport, and all transportation is a violence; and no violence can be lasting but determines upon the falling of the spirits. South.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. transportation

   Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may include wagons, automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft, and aircraft.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Transportationnoun

   the act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance

2. Transportationnoun

   transport; ecstasy

FreebaseRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Transportation

   Companies in this industry provide transportation of goods and people over rail, water, air, and road.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Transportation

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

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. transportation

   The act of transporting, carrying, or conveying from one place to another; as, the transportation of troops, munitions of war, etc.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. transportation

   A structure or system to provide a form of transport.

   Transportation systems around the world function easily and effeciently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 1, 2020  

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   transportation

   The act and process of to transport.

   The transportation system works efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020  

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How to pronounce Transportation?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Transportation in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Transportation in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Transportation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Transportation in a Sentence

1. Michelle Rucker:

   If you're looking at the odometer on your vehicle, to get round trip from here to Mars and back, it's about 2,000 times as far as going to the Moon and back, we've got to sort of chase Mars around the sun. We need a reliable in-space transportation system.

2. Zhang Jinming:

   Nowadays some housing estates or commercial malls cover a large area and feature long paths, our driverless cars can solve the problem of transportation within roughly 1 km, and it won't involve any labor cost.

3. Jordan Davis:

   Mobility and transportation result in hundreds of deaths a year in our city, if we can improve how people get around, we’ll save people’s lives.

4. Martin County:

   They had no access to transportation. They were moved from location to location.

5. Hendrith Smith:

   The new transportation system is multi-modal, autonomous and electric. People utilize a variety of vehicles including cars, bicycles, passenger drones, hoverboards, airplanes, boats, rockets and more. And with ease, efficiency and comfort. At Mayflower-Plymouth, we’re making that real.

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