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Transportation

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Noun

1. transit, transportation, transportation system

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

2. conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation

the act of moving something from one location to another

3. fare, transportation

the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

4. department of transportation, dot, transportation

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

5. shipping, transport, transportation

the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

6. deportation, exile, expatriation, transportation

the act of expelling a person from their native land

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transportation

see synonyms of transportation
noun
1. 
a means or system of transporting
2. 
the act of transporting or the state of being transported
3. 
(esp formerly) deportation to a penal colony
4. mainly US
a ticket or fare

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Transportation

see synonyms of transportation
noun
1. 
a transporting or being transported
2.  US
a. 
a means or system of conveyance
b. 
the work or business of conveying passengers or goods
3.  US
fare or a ticket for being transported
4. 
banishment for crime, as to a penal colony; deportation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Transportation

see synonyms of transportation
n.
1.
a. The act or an instance of transporting.
b. The state of being transported.
2. A means of conveyance: What kind of transportation did you take?
3. The business of conveying passengers or goods: He works in transportation.
4. Deportation to a penal colony.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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