transportation

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

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

Origin: Fr < L transportatio

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See transportation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

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