What does traffic mean?
Definitions for traffic
ˈtræf ɪktraf·fic
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word traffic.
Princeton's WordNet
trafficnoun
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
trafficnoun
buying and selling; especially illicit trade
trafficnoun
the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
"heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"
dealings, trafficverb
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
trafficverb
deal illegally
"traffic drugs"
trafficverb
trade or deal a commodity
"They trafficked with us for gold"
Wiktionary
trafficnoun
Pedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or passage thereof.
Traffic is slow at rush hour.
Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico
trafficnoun
Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.
Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico
trafficnoun
Illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.
Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico
trafficnoun
Exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.
Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico
trafficverb
To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.
Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico
trafficverb
To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico
trafficverb
To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico
Webster Dictionary
Trafficverb
to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade
Trafficverb
to trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain
Trafficverb
to exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration
Traffic
commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade
Traffic
commodities of the market
Traffic
the business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried
Freebase
Traffic
Traffic on roads may consist of pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel. Traffic laws are the laws which govern traffic and regulate vehicles, while rules of the road are both the laws and the informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. Organized traffic generally has well-established priorities, lanes, right-of-way, and traffic control at intersections. Traffic is formally organized in many jurisdictions, with marked lanes, junctions, intersections, interchanges, traffic signals, or signs. Traffic is often classified by type: heavy motor vehicle; other vehicle; and pedestrian. Different classes may share speed limits and easement, or may be segregated. Some jurisdictions may have very detailed and complex rules of the road while others rely more on drivers' common sense and willingness to cooperate. Organization typically produces a better combination of travel safety and efficiency. Events which disrupt the flow and may cause traffic to degenerate into a disorganized mess include: road construction, collisions and debris in the roadway. On particularly busy freeways, a minor disruption may persist in a phenomenon known as traffic waves. A complete breakdown of organization may result in traffic congestion and gridlock. Simulations of organized traffic frequently involve queuing theory, stochastic processes and equations of mathematical physics applied to traffic flow.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Traffic
traf′ik, n. commerce: large trade: the business done on a railway, &c.—v.i. to trade: to trade meanly.—v.t. to exchange:—pr.p. traff′icking; pa.t. and pa.p. traff′icked.—n. Traff′icker.—adj. Traff′icless.—n. Traff′ic-man′ager, the manager of the traffic on a railway, &c. [O. Fr. trafique; cf. It. trafficare, prob. from L. trans, across, and Low L. vicāre, to exchange—L. vicis, change; not from facĕre, to make.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'traffic' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1807
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Rank popularity for the word 'traffic' in Written Corpus Frequency: #728
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Rank popularity for the word 'traffic' in Nouns Frequency: #701
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of traffic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of traffic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of traffic in a Sentence
Colorado Legal Director Mark Silverstein:
No reasonable person could watch the video recording of the traffic stop and say that two white men would have been treated the same way.
It is incredibly sad - I was literally two feet from this dead whale, it was both poignant and a bit eerie really - road traffic was thundering overhead on the busiest motorway in Britain and oblivious to all the people in the cars and lorries there was a 10-metre long beautiful whale floating dead beneath them.
The big overseas banks have been less impacted by the Royal Commission, those institutions have been able to get the loan approvals through more quickly when they have been traffic jams at some of the bigger organisations, plus those banks have also been pricing aggressively in the last 12 to 18 months.
It is two-way traffic, ...Opening up has been a key driver of China's reform agenda so we will continue to open wider to the world, including widening market access for foreign investors.
He was ticketed for violating a traffic control signal, he’s not here today from what I’m told and I have instructed that no one from MSNBC News will be permitted in this building for the duration of this trial, this is a very serious matter and I don’t know what the ultimate truth of it is but, absolutely, it would go without much thinking that someone who is following the jury bus, that is an extremely serious matter and will be referred to the proper authorities for further action.
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- ትራፊክAmharic
- مرور, حركة المرورArabic
- tràficCatalan, Valencian
- dopravaCzech
- Personenverkehr, Verkehr, Warenverkehr, DatenverkehrGerman
- trafikoEsperanto
- tráfico, trataSpanish
- liiklusEstonian
- ترافیکPersian
- mustapörssi, liikenne, kauppa, tietoliikenne, lentoliikenneFinnish
- traite, circulation, traficFrench
- tráchtIrish
- trafaigScottish Gaelic
- עומס, סחר, תְּנוּעָהHebrew
- यातायातHindi
- forgalomHungarian
- trafikoIdo
- viabilità, traffico, trattaItalian
- トラフィック, 取引, 交信, 交通Japanese
- 교통, 交通Korean
- промет, сообраќајMacedonian
- ഗതാഗതംMalayalam
- handel, verkeer, zwarte handelDutch
- ferdsel, trafikkNorwegian
- ruch drogowyPolish
- trata, tráfico, tráfego, trânsitoPortuguese
- trataRomanian
- движение, трафик, торговляRussian
- саобраћај, promet, промет, saobraćajSerbo-Croatian
- samfärdsel, illegal handel, trafik, trafficking, handelSwedish
- திரக்குTamil
- seyrüsefer, trafikTurkish
- рухUkrainian
- giao thôngVietnamese
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