transportation

noun trans·por·ta·tion \ ˌtran(t)s-pər-ˈtā-shən \

Updated on: 12 Apr 2018

Definition of transportation

1 : an act, process, or instance of transporting or being transported

2 a : means of conveyance or travel from one place to another

b : public conveyance of passengers or goods especially as a commercial enterprise

3 : banishment to a penal colony

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transportational

play \-shnəl, -shə-nᵊl\ adjective

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Examples of transportation in a Sentence

the transportation of troops overseas
She arranged for the transportation of her furniture to her new apartment.
He was the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Reagan.

Recent Examples of transportation from the Web

The company was found guilty on charges of failing to properly train its employees and reckless transportation of hazardous materials, though a federal court threw out the materials charges on appeal.

— amanda watts, CNN, "FBI offers $10,000 for info on fugitive charged in 1996 ValuJet crash," 6 Apr. 2018
To truly become part of the solution, observers say, these companies need to revamp their business models to function within a broader transportation system.

— story hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, "Are your Uber and Lyft accounts worsening traffic?," 4 Apr. 2018
As the region grows, greater demand will be placed on our transportation system.

— staff report, Houston Chronicle, "Missouri City joins H-GAC, others in regional pedestrian and bicycle plan," 4 Apr. 2018
VC Shortage France is counting in part on its national health and transportation-system databases to make inroads on AI.

— helene fouquet, Bloomberg.com, "Macron Lays Out Artificial-Intelligence Push Against China, U.S.," 28 Mar. 2018
Waymo also expects to put its technology into trucks and delivery vehicles, as well as buses or other vehicles that ferry riders to mass transportation systems.

— neal e. boudette, New York Times, "Waymo, a Google Spinoff, Ramps Up Its Driverless-Car Effort," 27 Mar. 2018
And unlike the rest of Muni’s public transportation system, there aren’t discounts for kids ages 5 to 18.

— heather knight, San Francisco Chronicle, "Cable cars’ ding goes for your wallet, too," 27 Mar. 2018
Local readers have said that NOACA has no business spending money investigating a new inter-city transportation system while the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is in a funding crisis requiring cutbacks in service and jobs.

— steven litt, cleveland.com, "Hyperloop executive doubles down at NOACA meeting on 3-to-5 year estimate for construction," 9 Mar. 2018
France’s transportation systems slowed to a crawl amid strikes protesting economic overhauls.

— paul page, WSJ, "Today’s Top Supply Chain and Logistics News From WSJ," 23 Mar. 2018

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