transportation
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- IPA: /trænspɔ:ˈteɪʃən/
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transportation (uncountable)
- 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.
- (historical) Deportation to a penal colony.
- Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.
- (US) A means of conveyance.
- Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.
[edit] Translations
act of transporting
deportation to a penal colony
means of conveyance
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