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traffic
traf·fic T0306600 (trăf′ĭk)n.1. a. The passage of people or vehicles along routes of transportation.b. Vehicles or pedestrians in transit: heavy traffic on the turnpike; stopped oncoming traffic to let the children cross.2. a. The commercial exchange of goods; trade.b. Illegal or improper commercial activity: drug traffic on city streets. See Synonyms at business.3. a. The business of moving passengers and cargo through a transportation system.b. The amount of cargo or number of passengers conveyed.4. a. The conveyance of messages or data through a system of communication: routers that manage internet traffic.b. Messages or data conveyed through such a system: a tremendous amount of telephone traffic on Mother's Day; couldn't download the file due to heavy internet traffic.c. The number of users or visitors, as at a website: attempted to increase traffic with a redesigned homepage. 5. Social or verbal exchange; communication: refused further traffic with the estranged friend.v. traf·ficked, traf·fick·ing, traf·fics intr.v. To carry on trade or other dealings: trafficked in liquidation merchandise; traffic with gangsters.tr.v. To provide to others, especially in large quantities, in exchange for money: was accused of trafficking guns to local gangs.
[French trafic, from Old French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare, to trade, perhaps from Catalan trafegar, to decant, from Vulgar Latin *trānsfaecāre : trāns-, trans- + faex, faec-, dregs; see feces.]
traf′fick·er n.traffic (ˈtræfɪk) n1. a. the vehicles coming and going in a street, town, etcb. (as modifier): traffic lights. 2. the movement of vehicles, people, etc, in a particular place or for a particular purpose: sea traffic. 3. (Commerce) a. the business of commercial transportation by land, sea, or airb. the freight, passengers, etc, transported4. (usually foll by with) dealings or business: have no traffic with that man. 5. (Commerce) trade, esp of an illicit or improper kind: drug traffic. 6. (Telecommunications) the aggregate volume of messages transmitted through a communications system in a given period7. (Commerce) chiefly US the number of customers patronizing a commercial establishment in a given time periodvb (intr) , -fics, -ficking or -ficked8. (Commerce) (often foll by in) to carry on trade or business, esp of an illicit kind9. (usually foll by with) to have dealings[C16: from Old French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare to engage in trade] ˈtrafficker n ˈtrafficless adjtraf•fic (ˈtræf ɪk)
n., v. -ficked, -fick•ing. n. 1. the movement of vehicles, ships, aircraft, persons, etc., in an area or over a route. 2. the vehicles, persons, etc., moving in an area or over a route. 3. the transportation of goods for the purpose of trade, by sea, land, or air: ships of traffic. 4. trade; buying and selling; commercial dealings. 5. trade between different countries or places; commerce. 6. the business done by a railroad or other carrier in the transportation of freight or passengers. 7. the aggregate of freight, passengers, telephone or telegraph messages, etc., handled, esp. in a given period. 8. communication, dealings, or contact between persons or groups. 9. mutual exchange or communication: traffic in ideas. 10. trade in some specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature: drug traffic. v.i. 11. to carry on traffic, trade, or commercial dealings. 12. to trade or deal in a specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature (usu. fol. by in): to traffic in opium. [1495–1505; earlier traffyk < Middle French trafique (n.), trafiquer (v.) < Italian traffico (n.), trafficare (v.)] traf′fick•er, n. traf′fic•less, adj. traffic- filter lane - The lane of traffic reserved for those making a specific turn at the next junction.
- reverse commute - To travel to work opposite of the normal rush of traffic.
- traffic calming - The deliberate slowing of traffic in residential areas, with speed bumps or other obstructions.
- traffic - Can only be traced to Italian traffico and trafficare, "trade," but that is all that is known.
Traffic merchandise transported from place to place; the movement of vehicles; lumber; trash; rubbish, 1628; the rabble.Examples: traffic of faculties, 1633; of honour, 1702; of omnibuses, cabs, carriages, and carts, 1886.trafficYou use traffic to refer to all the vehicles moving along a road. In many areas rush-hour traffic lasted until 11am.Traffic is an uncountable noun. Don't talk about 'traffics' or 'a traffic'. traffic
Past participle: trafficked
Gerund: trafficking
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| I traffic | | you traffic | | he/she/it traffics | | we traffic | | you traffic | | they traffic |
| Preterite |
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| I trafficked | | you trafficked | | he/she/it trafficked | | we trafficked | | you trafficked | | they trafficked |
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| I am trafficking | | you are trafficking | | he/she/it is trafficking | | we are trafficking | | you are trafficking | | they are trafficking |
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| I have trafficked | | you have trafficked | | he/she/it has trafficked | | we have trafficked | | you have trafficked | | they have trafficked |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was trafficking | | you were trafficking | | he/she/it was trafficking | | we were trafficking | | you were trafficking | | they were trafficking |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had trafficked | | you had trafficked | | he/she/it had trafficked | | we had trafficked | | you had trafficked | | they had trafficked |
| Future |
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| I will traffic | | you will traffic | | he/she/it will traffic | | we will traffic | | you will traffic | | they will traffic |
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| I will have trafficked | | you will have trafficked | | he/she/it will have trafficked | | we will have trafficked | | you will have trafficked | | they will have trafficked |
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| I will be trafficking | | you will be trafficking | | he/she/it will be trafficking | | we will be trafficking | | you will be trafficking | | they will be trafficking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been trafficking | | you have been trafficking | | he/she/it has been trafficking | | we have been trafficking | | you have been trafficking | | they have been trafficking |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been trafficking | | you will have been trafficking | | he/she/it will have been trafficking | | we will have been trafficking | | you will have been trafficking | | they will have been trafficking |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been trafficking | | you had been trafficking | | he/she/it had been trafficking | | we had been trafficking | | you had been trafficking | | they had been trafficking |
| Conditional |
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| I would traffic | | you would traffic | | he/she/it would traffic | | we would traffic | | you would traffic | | they would traffic |
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| I would have trafficked | | you would have trafficked | | he/she/it would have trafficked | | we would have trafficked | | you would have trafficked | | they would have trafficked |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  traffic - the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of timeaggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a wholeair traffic - traffic created by the movement of aircraftcommuter traffic - traffic created by people going to or returning from workfoot traffic, pedestrian traffic - people coming and going on footvehicle traffic, vehicular traffic - the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality | | 2. |  traffic - buying and selling; especially illicit tradecommerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)drug traffic, drug trafficking, narcotraffic - traffic in illegal drugsbarratry, simony - traffic in ecclesiastical offices or prefermentsslave trade, slave traffic - traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries | | 3. |  traffic - the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time; "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" | | 4. | traffic - social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')dealingsinterchange, reciprocation, give-and-take - mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)relation - (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; "international relations" | | Verb | 1. |  traffic - deal illegally; "traffic drugs" crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"merchandise, trade - engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets" | | 2. |  traffic - trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for gold"commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)merchandise, trade - engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets" |
trafficnoun1. transport, movement, vehicles, transportation, freight, coming and going There was heavy traffic on the roads.2. traffic jam, jam, hold-up, congestion, gridlock, bottleneck, tailback, snarl-up He phoned in to say he was stuck in traffic.3. transportation, shipping, transport, freight, conveyancing The ferries can cope with the traffic of goods and passengers.4. trade, dealing, commerce, buying and selling, business, exchange, truck, dealings, peddling, barter, doings traffic in illicit drugsverb1. trade, market, deal, exchange, truck, bargain, do business, buy and sell, peddle, barter, cut a deal, have dealings, have transactions Anyone who trafficked in illegal drugs was brought to justice.trafficnoun1. Commercial, industrial, or professional activity in general:business, commerce, industry, trade, trading.2. The commercial transactions of customers with a supplier:business, custom, patronage, trade.Translationstraffic (ˈtrӕfik) noun1. vehicles, aircraft, ships etc moving about. There's a lot of traffic on the roads / on the river. 交通 交通2. trade, especially illegal or dishonest. the drug traffic. 非法交易 非法交易 verb – past tense, past participle ˈtrafficked – to deal or trade in, especially illegally or dishonestly. They were trafficking in smuggled goods. 做非法交易 做非法交易ˈtrafficker noun a usually illegal or dishonest dealer. a trafficker in drugs. 非法交易商販 非法交易商贩traffic island a small pavement in the middle of a road, for pedestrians to stand on on their way across. (交通術語)安全島 （交通术语）安全岛 traffic jam a situation in which large numbers of road vehicles are prevented from proceeding freely. 交通擁擠 交通拥挤traffic lights lights of changing colours for controlling traffic at road crossings etc. Turn left at the traffic lights. 交通號誌 红绿灯（交通用语） traffic wardenwarden- Is there a route that avoids the traffic? → 有没有能避开车流的道路？
- Is the traffic heavy on the freeway? (US)
Is the traffic heavy on the motorway? (UK) → 高速公路上车流量很大吗？
traffic
go play in (the) trafficTo go away and leave one alone because what is being done or said is very irritating. Often used as an imperative. A: "The experiment might work better if you actually knew what you were supposed to be mixing together." B: "You know what, Jenny? Why don't you go play in traffic?"See also: go, play, traffictake a long walk off a short pierGo away and leave me alone. What you are doing or saying is really irritating. I'm really tired of your constant criticisms. Why don't you take a long walk off a short pier?See also: long, off, pier, short, take, walkas much as the traffic will bearThe maximum amount that customers are willing to pay. I will charge as much as the traffic will bear—I need to make a profit, you know!See also: bear, much, traffic, willtraffic in (something)To deal in the buying and selling of some commodity, especially that which is illicit or illegal. The mobster trafficked in drugs for years before entering into various other business models. The government has been accused of trafficking in relics pillaged from neighboring countries.See also: trafficstuck in trafficOf a driver or passenger, moving very slowly or not at all due to heavy road traffic. A: "Hey, are you nearly home?" B: "No, I'm stuck in traffic, so it's going to be another 45 minutes at least before I'm back." I have to leave the house at nearly 6 AM to avoid getting stuck in traffic on the way to work.See also: stuck, trafficstuck in trafficto be caught in a traffic jam. I am sorry I am late. I was stuck in traffic. Our taxi was stuck in traffic and I thought I would never get to the airport on time.See also: stuck, trafficTake a long walk off a short pier. and Go play in the traffic.Inf. Get out of here!; Go do something that will get you permanently out of here! Get out of here! Take a long walk off a short pier! You bother me. Go play in the traffic.See also: long, off, pier, short, take, walktie traffic upFig. to cause road traffic to stop. If you tie traffic up for too long, you'll get a traffic ticket. Please don't stop on the roadway. It'll tie up traffic.See also: tie, traffic, uptraffic in somethingto deal in something; to trade in something, usually something illegal. Max had been trafficking in guns for years before they caught him. The president of the country was trafficking in drugs for years.See also: traffictraffic jamvehicle traffic that is so heavy and slow that it can no longer move. Going to the airport, we got stuck in a traffic jam for nearly and hour and missed our plane.See also: jam, trafficas much as the traffic will bear as much as the trade or market will tolerate; as much as is economically viable.See also: bear, much, traffic, willtraffic inv. To engage in the buying and selling of some illegal or improper product or commodity: The police arrested the criminals who trafficked in stolen diamonds.See also: traffictraffic
traffic1. a. the business of commercial transportation by land, sea, or air b. the freight, passengers, etc., transported 2. trade, esp of an illicit or improper kind 3. Chiefly US the number of customers patronizing a commercial establishment in a given time period traffic[′traf·ik] (communications) The messages transmitted and received over a communication channel. (engineering) The passage or flow of vehicles, pedestrians, ships, or planes along defined routes such as highways, sidewalks, sea lanes, or air lanes. trafficData transmitted over a network. Traffic is a very general term and typically refers to overall network usage at a given moment. However, it can refer to specific transactions, messages, records or users in any kind of data or telephone network. See PPS.traffic
Therapeutic Angiogenesis with Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 (rFGF-2) for Intermittent Claudication. A clinical trial assessing FGF-2’s ability to improve perfusion in symptomatic atherosclerotic heart disease—i.e., intermittent claudication of the lower extremities
Conclusion Intra-arterial rFGF-2 resulted in a significant increase in peak walking time at 90 days; repeat infusion at 30 days was no better than one infusiontraffic 1. See Motor vehicles.2. Sexual traffic, see there.traffic
traffic 1 to do with pedestrians and vehicles moving on the roads by virtue of the regulation of such by a series of Road Traffic Acts. 2 to deal; hence many statutory references to many outlawed transactions, e.g. liquor, drug and human trafficking. Extensive powers now exist to confiscate proceeds of drug trafficking. TRAFFIC. Commerce, trade, sale or exchange of merchandise, bills, money and the like. See TFC
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traffic
Synonyms for trafficnoun transportSynonyms- transport
- movement
- vehicles
- transportation
- freight
- coming and going
noun traffic jamSynonyms- traffic jam
- jam
- hold-up
- congestion
- gridlock
- bottleneck
- tailback
- snarl-up
noun transportationSynonyms- transportation
- shipping
- transport
- freight
- conveyancing
noun tradeSynonyms- trade
- dealing
- commerce
- buying and selling
- business
- exchange
- truck
- dealings
- peddling
- barter
- doings
verb tradeSynonyms- trade
- market
- deal
- exchange
- truck
- bargain
- do business
- buy and sell
- peddle
- barter
- cut a deal
- have dealings
- have transactions
Synonyms for trafficnoun commercial, industrial, or professional activity in generalSynonyms- business
- commerce
- industry
- trade
- trading
noun the commercial transactions of customers with a supplierSynonyms- business
- custom
- patronage
- trade
Synonyms for trafficnoun the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of timeRelated Words- aggregation
- collection
- accumulation
- assemblage
- air traffic
- commuter traffic
- foot traffic
- pedestrian traffic
- vehicle traffic
- vehicular traffic
noun buying and sellingRelated Words- commerce
- commercialism
- mercantilism
- drug traffic
- drug trafficking
- narcotraffic
- barratry
- simony
- slave trade
- slave traffic
noun the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of timeRelated Words- communicating
- communication
noun social or verbal interchange (usually followed by 'with')SynonymsRelated Words- interchange
- reciprocation
- give-and-take
- relation
verb deal illegallyRelated Words- crime
- criminal offence
- criminal offense
- law-breaking
- offense
- offence
- merchandise
- trade
verb trade or deal a commodityRelated Words- commerce
- commercialism
- mercantilism
- merchandise
- trade
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