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(trænspɔːʳteɪʃən)
1. uncountable noun
Transportation refers to any type of vehicle that you can travel in or carry goods in.
[mainly US]
The company will provide transportation.
regional note: in BRIT, usually use transport
2. uncountable noun
Transportation is a system for taking people or goods from one place to another, for example using buses or trains.
[mainly US]
Campuses are usually accessible by public transportation.
...our national transportation policy.
regional note: in BRIT, usually use transport
3. uncountable noun
Transportation is the activity of taking goods or people from one place to another in a vehicle.
[mainly US]
The baggage was being rapidly stowed away for transportation.
The voluntary organization may also help with the transportation of refugees. [+ of]
regional note: in BRIT, usually use transport

transportation in British English

(ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən)
noun
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. mainly US
a ticket or fare

transportation in American English

(ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən; ˌtrænspɔrˈteɪʃən)
noun
1. 
a transporting or being transported
2.  US
a. 
a means or system of conveyance
b. 
the work or business of conveying passengers or goods
3.  US
fare or a ticket for being transported
4. 
banishment for crime, as to a penal colony; deportation
Derived forms
transportational (ˌtransporˈtational)
adjective
Word origin
Fr < L transportatio

Examples of 'transportation' in a sentence
transportation

When you think about it, the idea to blend public transportation with artwork is actually quite ingenious.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
The scheme will see connected IP services provided to homes, schools and transportation systems in the area.
Computing (2010)
School buses are the safest mode of transportation available today.
Christianity Today (2000)
Some companies may be forced to build transportation systems for their own products.
Chancellor, John Peril and Promise: A Commentary on America (1990)
Transportation to one of the colonies was the most important of these.
Smout, T.C. & Wood, Sydney Scottish Voices 1745-1960 (1990)
Many people prefer transportation to transport.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What kind of public transportation do we need to have in and around London and between airports?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
No one from my background would take public transportation, like a bus.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Depending on consumption, the return leg can be by bike or in transportation provided by the hotel.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They considered it unthinkable that railroads could be displaced as the backbone of the country's transportation system.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGING FOR RESULTS (1986)
We were not allowed to ride on public transportation except under certain conditions, and then only on the rear platform.
Kishlansky, Mark A. (editor) Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginningto 1715 (1995)
Good airport, good public transportation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Transportation of people, commodities, and equipment was much more efficient with horses.
Hunt, E. K. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies (1995)
US forces were unable to provide the transportation because the the trip to the airport was considered an unnecessary risk to the lives of soldiers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But more significant was the inadequacy of the South's internal transportation system.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
It has emerged that the national transportation safety board had urged the replacement of the DC metro trains three years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Chinese translation of 'transportation'

transportation

(ˈtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən)

n (u)

  1. (US, = transport) 运(運)输(輸) (yùnshū)
  2. (= means of transport) 交通工具 (jiāotōng gōngjù)
    Department of Transportation (US) 交通部 (jiāotōngbù)

Nearby words of
transportation

  • transparent
  • transplant
  • transport
  • transportation
  • transvestite
  • trap
  • trash

Related terms of
transportation

  • Department of Transportation
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