transportation

Noun
Synonyms: transportation systemtransittransporttransfertransferralconveyancefareDepartment of TransportationTransportationDoTshippingexile

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goodsSynonyms: transportation systemtransit
  2. the act of moving something from one location to anotherSynonyms: transporttransfertransferralconveyance
  3. the sum charged for riding in a public conveyanceSynonyms: fare
  4. the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966Synonyms: Department of TransportationTransportationDoT
  5. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materialsSynonyms: shippingtransport
  6. 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”Synonyms: exiledeportationexpatriation
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Transportation \Trans`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. transportatio: cf. F. transportation.]

1.The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance. [1913 Webster]

To provide a vessel for their transportation.— Sir H. Wotton.[1913 Webster]

2.Transport; ecstasy. [R.] --South. [1913 Webster]

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