transportation
See also: transportâtion
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: trans‧por‧ta‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
transportation (usually uncountable, plural transportations)
- 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.
- (US) A ticket or fare.
- 1898, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train
- Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?"
- (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.)
- Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."
- 1898, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train
Translations
act of transporting
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deportation to a penal colony
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means of conveyance
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