Definitions for traffic
ˈtræf ɪktraf·fic

Princeton's WordNet(2.22 / 9 votes)Rate this definition:

1. trafficnoun

   the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time

2. trafficnoun

   buying and selling; especially illicit trade

3. 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"

4. dealings, trafficverb

   social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')

5. trafficverb

   deal illegally

   "traffic drugs"

6. trafficverb

   trade or deal a commodity

   "They trafficked with us for gold"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. trafficnoun

   Pedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or passage thereof.

   Traffic is slow at rush hour.

   Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico

2. trafficnoun

   Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.

   Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico

3. trafficnoun

   Illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.

   Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico

4. trafficnoun

   Exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.

   Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico

5. 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

6. trafficverb

   To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.

   Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico

7. trafficverb

   To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

   Etymology: From trafic, tráfico, traffico

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Trafficverb

   to trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain

3. Trafficverb

   to exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration

4. Traffic

   commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade

5. Traffic

   commodities of the market

6. Traffic

   the business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried

Freebase(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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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1. traffic

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Matched Categories

1. • Collection
   • Commerce
   • Communication
   • Crime
   • Trade

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'traffic' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1807

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'traffic' in Written Corpus Frequency: #728

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'traffic' in Nouns Frequency: #701

How to pronounce traffic?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say traffic in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of traffic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of traffic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of traffic in a Sentence

1. 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.

2. Martin Garside:

   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.

3. Steve Mickenbecker:

   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.

4. Li Keqiang:

   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.

5. Bruce Schroeder:

   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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