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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 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

WikidataRate 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  

Matched Categories

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   • Charge
   • Commercial Enterprise
   • Executive Department
   • Movement

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. Gary Schaer:

   His stewardship of the state budget has left the state wanting, while we underfund our obligations, we continue to see no plan to the future for transportation, education, higher education, property tax relief, job creation and housing.

2. Katie Couric:

   Because skating is an important mode of transportation in a city like Amsterdam.

3. Getachew Betru:

   The majority of the users who move from the city, travel from here to there, people who are working in the factories, government offices and so on and so forth... most of them cannot afford expensive transportation. the light rail is not a commercial business, it is a social infrastructure. Economically it's not very expensive, the longest you go you pay nothing more than 30¢. It is reliable, you can time yourself to go anywhere you want to go. So the convenient effect will give an added value to the city of Addis.

4. Waller County Judge Trey Duhon:

   The information National Transportation Safety Board investigators have at this time indicates that the plane did not attain altitude at the end of the runway and went across Morton Road, coming to a rest in the field just north of the airport, where it caught on fire.

5. Dolline Hatchett:

   What this means in real terms is we are missing prevention opportunities, important evidence is being lost that we would normally examine following an accident. And this evidence could potentially support safety recommendations, that once adopted, could prevent future accidents and save countless lives. The NTSB wants to ensure safety across the transportation spectrum, and we are unable to do that as long as this shutdown continues.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=transportation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transportation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=transportation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transportation
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=transportation
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html