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- Dictionarytransportation/trɑːnspɔːˈteɪʃən/
noun
- 1. the action of transporting someone or something or the process of being transported: "the era of global mass transportation"
- 2. the action or practice of transporting convicts to a penal colony. historical
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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, pipelines, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations.
TRANSPORTATION definition: 1. the movement of people or goods from one place to another: 2. a vehicle or system of vehicles…. Learn more.
1. : an act, process, or instance of transporting or being transported. 2. a. : means of conveyance or travel from one place to another. b. : public conveyance of passengers or goods especially as a commercial enterprise. 3. : banishment to a penal colony. transportational. ˌtran (t)s-pər-ˈtā-shnəl. -shə-nᵊl. adjective. Synonyms. lift. ride.
a vehicle or system of vehicles, such as buses, trains, etc. for getting from one place to another: Bicycles are a cheap and efficient form / means of transportation. investment in public transportation (= buses, trains, etc. available for everyone to use) Do you have your own transportation (= vehicle)? Fewer examples.
Transportation is the activity of taking goods or people from one place to another in a vehicle.
TRANSPORT definition: 1. the movement of people or goods from one place to another: 2. a system of vehicles, such as…. Learn more.
noun. the act of transporting. the state of being transported. transported. the means of transport or conveyance. the business of conveying people, goods, etc. price of travel or transport by public conveyance; fare. tickets or permits for transport or travel. banishment, as of a criminal to a penal colony; deportation.
[uncountable] the activity or business of carrying goods from one place to another using trucks, trains, etc. the transportation of heavy loads. transportation costs. (in the past) the act of sending criminals to a place that is far away as a form of punishment.
TRANSPORTATION meaning: 1 : the act or process of moving people or things from one place to another; 2 : a way of traveling from one place to another place.
price of travel or transport by public conveyance; fare. tickets or permits for transport or travel. banishment, as of a criminal to a penal colony; deportation.
