transportation

trans·por·ta·tion  (trnspr-tshn)

n.

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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transportation [ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən]

n

1. a means or system of transporting

2. the act of transporting or the state of being transported

3. (Historical Terms) (esp formerly) deportation to a penal colony

4. Chiefly US a ticket or fare

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trans•por•ta•tion (ˌtræns pərˈteɪ ʃən)

n.

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. fare or tickets for transport or travel.

6. banishment, as of a criminal to a penal colony; deportation.

[1530–40]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	transportation - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods transportation system, transit airfield, flying field, landing field, field - a place where planes take off and land air transportation system - a transportation system for moving passengers or goods by air bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" highway system - a transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier public transit - a public transportation system for moving passengers public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight short line - a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances telferage, telpherage - a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity depot, terminal, terminus - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
	2.	transportation - the act of moving something from one location to another transfer, transferral, conveyance, transport movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" transshipment - the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment airlift, lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) connexion, connection - shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" bringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" drive - the act of driving a herd of animals overland carry - the act of carrying something pickup - the act of taking aboard passengers or freight lighterage - the transportation of goods on a lighter relocation, resettlement - the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) teleportation - a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
	3.	transportation - the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance fare charge - the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge" airfare - the fare charged for traveling by airplane bus fare, carfare - the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar cab fare, taxi fare - the fare charged for riding in a taxicab train fare - the fare charged for traveling by train
	4.	Transportation - the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 Department of Transportation, DoT executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States FAA, Federal Aviation Agency - an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation Transportation Security Administration, TSA - an agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel U. S. Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard, US Coast Guard - an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce
	5.	transportation - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials shipping, transport commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" air transport, air transportation - transportation by air navigation - ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" hauling, trucking, truckage - the activity of transporting goods by truck freight, freightage - transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates expressage, express - rapid transport of goods ferrying, ferry - transport by boat or aircraft on-line, online - on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system; "on-line industries" off-line - not on a regular route of a transportation system; "an off-line ticket office"
	6.	transportation - the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life" deportation, expatriation, exile banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

Translations

transportation [ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən] N

1. (esp US) (= transport) → transporte m
mass transportation (US) → transporte m público

2. (Hist) [of criminal] → deportación f

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transportation [ˌtrænspɔː^rˈteɪʃ^ən] n

(= means of transport) → moyen m de transport
Department of Transportation (US) → ministère m des Transports

(= movement) → transport m

[prisoners] → transportation f
transport café n (British) → restaurant m de routiers

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transportation

n

→ Beförderung f, → Transport m; (= means) → Beförderungsmittel nt; (public) → Verkehrsmittel nt; (= cost) → Transport- or Beförderungskosten pl; Department of Transportation (US) → Verkehrsministerium nt; transportation infrastructure → Verkehrsinfrastruktur f

(Hist, of criminal) → Deportation f

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transportation [ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃ/ən] n

a. → trasporto; (vehicle) → mezzo di trasporto

b. (History) (of convicts) → deportazione f
Department of Transportation (Am) → Ministero dei Trasporti

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transportation → نقل doprava transport Transport μεταφορά transporte liikenne transport prijevoz trasporto 輸送 운송 transport transport transport transporte транспорт transport การขนส่ง taşıma giao thông 交通

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transportation

n.  transporte.