transportation

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//tɹænspɔːˈteɪʃən//
United States//tɹænspɚˈteɪʃən//

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

noun

1
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
historicalDeportation 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 or manner of conveyance; a system of conveyance.
Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.
The hotel offers ground transportation to the airport.
Public transportation is useful for everybody.
4
A ticket or fare.
Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?" (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.) Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."
5
historicalPunishment by sending to a penal colony, such as Australia.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English transportation From transport + -ation.

Forms

plural: transportations

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

transported · subjected to transportation transporter · One who, or that which transports. A long truck or lorry for…transporting · The transportation of a criminal.

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