transportation

Definition

  • noun: the act or process of moving people or things from one place to another
  • noun: an act, process, or instance of 'transporting' or being 'transported'
  • synonyms: removal, conveyance, transport

Examples

  • You can go almost anywhere in New York City using 'public transportation'. [=a system of trains, buses, etc., that is paid for or run by the government]

  • The hotel offers free 'ground transportation' to and from the airport. [=the hotel has vehicles that will take you to and from the airport for free]

  • I was left without 'transportation' [=('chiefly Brit') 'transport'] when the car broke down.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) boys and girls, friends and enemies, meet the future! The future what? The future mode of transportation for this weary Western world. Now, I'm not going to make a lot of extravagant claims. Sure, it'll change your (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid