transportation
(noun)
noun
1. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
Similar word(s): transit
Definition categories: man–made, facility, installation
2. the act of moving something from one location to another
Similar word(s): conveyance, transfer, transport
Definition categories: act, movement
3. the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
Similar word(s): fare
Definition categories: possession, charge
4. the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
Similar word(s): dot
Definition categories: group
5. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
Similar word(s): shipping, transport
Definition categories: act, business
6. the act of expelling a person from their native land
- the sentence was one of transportation for life
Similar word(s): deportation, exile, expatriation
Definition categories: act, banishment, proscription
Sentences with transportation as a noun:
- We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.
- Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.
- Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.