What does Transportation mean?

Definitions for Transportation
ˌtræns pərˈteɪ ʃəntrans·porta·tion

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Transportation.

Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  1. Transportationnoun

    Etymology: from transport.

    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.

    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.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  1. transportation

    Transportation refers to the movement of people, animals, goods or products from one location to another through various modes such as vehicles, bicycles, airplanes, trains, ships, trucks, or on foot. It plays a crucial role in commerce and daily life, enabling trade, travel, and other essential activities. The transportation sector includes infrastructure, vehicles, operations, and regulations associated with this movement.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Transportationnoun

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

  2. Transportationnoun

    transport; ecstasy

Wikidata

  1. Transportation

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

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Transportation

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

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. transportation

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

Editors Contribution

  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  


  2. transportation

    The act and process of to transport.

    The transportation system works efficiently.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020  

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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. Kyrsten Sinema:

    There is an October 31st Surface Transportation Authorization deadline, after last night’s passage of a critical 30-day extension. We must pass [Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework]well before then – the sooner the better, to get the jobs out there.

  2. Frank Macchiarola:

    Based on independent analysis, two things are clear, one : Natural gas will be a significant source of power generation in the United States. Two : Oil will continue to be used a primary source of transportation fuel.

  3. Dana Goward:

    When GPS/GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) fail, transportation is impacted immediately. It slows down, becomes more dangerous, and every mode can carry less capacity, as short-term backup clocks start to desynchronize with each other ... cell phone towers start to fail, IT networks slow down or fail, financial systems are impacted, management of the electrical grid becomes problematic. That is the really scary part.

  4. Representative Bill Shuster:

    I do not believe it is in the best interests of the U.S. freight transportation system, railroad employees, rail shippers and the short line railroads, i have expressed my concerns to the appropriate federal agency and I believe it is time for all parties to move on from hypothetical merger proposals and focus on improving the transportation of goods and products to help grow the American economy.

  5. Donald Trump:

    Even military cemeteries or public transportation advertising authorities could lose control over whether that graphic or profane content would be displayed on their property.

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