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Transportation is a way of getting from place to place.

(noun)

An example of transportation is a bus or a car.

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See transportation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a transporting or being transported
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1. a means or system of conveyance
2. the work or business of conveying passengers or goods
☆ fare or a ticket for being transported
banishment for crime, as to a penal colony; deportation

Origin: Fr < L transportatio

Related Forms:

transportational adjective

See transportation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The act or an instance of transporting.
b. The state of being transported.
A means of conveyance.
The business of conveying passengers or goods.
A charge for public conveyance; fare.
Deportation to a penal colony.

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