transportation
Use Transportation in a sentence
pərˈteɪ noun
1.
the act of transporting.
2.
the state of being transported.
3.
the means of transport or conveyance.
4.
the business of conveying people, goods, etc.
5.
price of travel or transport by public conveyance; fare.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a means or system of transporting |
| 2. | the act of transporting or the state of being transported |
| 3. | (esp formerly) deportation to a penal colony |
| 4. | chiefly (US) a ticket or fare |
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Example sentences
They physics of transportation demonstrate that rail travel is far more efficient than travel by cars or trucks or airplanes.
But while the trains themselves are among the cleanest freight transportation around, their cargo is decidedly not.
Readers' experiences with transportation alternatives point the way to a more efficient and healthier future for public transit.
More than half a million jobs in the state are connected with motor vehicles and transportation services.
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