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transportation

noun
/tɹænspɔːˈteɪʃən/UK/tɹænspɚˈteɪʃən/US

Etymology

From transport + -ation.

  1. derived from trānsportō
  2. derived from transporter — “carry or convey across”
  3. inherited from transporten
  4. suffixed as transportation — “transport + ation”

Definitions

  1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported

    The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

    • We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.

  2. Deportation to a penal colony.

    • Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.
    • Redpath was sentenced to transportation for life, and his assets, amounting to over £25,000, went to reduce the sum that the Great Northern had to find.

  3. A means of conveyance.

    • Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A ticket or fare.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at transportation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at transportation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at transportation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA