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traffic
[ traf-ik ]
noun
- the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.:
the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- the vehicles, persons, etc., moving in an area, along a street, etc.
- the transportation of goods for the purpose of trade, by sea, land, or air:
ships of traffic.
- trade; buying and selling; commercial dealings.
- trade between different countries or places; commerce.
- the business done by a railroad or other carrier in the transportation of freight or passengers.
- the aggregate of freight, passengers, telephone or telegraph messages, etc., handled, especially in a given period.
- communication, dealings, or contact between persons or groups:
traffic between the Democrats and the Republicans.
- mutual exchange or communication:
traffic in ideas.
- trade in some specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature:
the vast traffic in narcotics.
- illegal commercial trade in human beings for the purpose of exploiting them:
the traffic in young children.
verb (used without object)
- to carry on traffic, trade, or commercial dealings.
- to trade or deal in a specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature (usually followed by in ):
to traffic in opium.
verb (used with object)
- (of vehicles or persons) to move over or through (a place):
It's a heavily trafficked bridge.
- to trade or deal in (a commodity or service):
to traffic guns.
- to trade in (human beings) for the purpose of exploitation:
He was convicted for trafficking illegal immigrants.
traffic
/ ˈtræfɪk /
noun
- the vehicles coming and going in a street, town, etc
- ( as modifier )
traffic lights
- the movement of vehicles, people, etc, in a particular place or for a particular purpose
sea traffic
- the business of commercial transportation by land, sea, or air
- the freight, passengers, etc, transported
- usually foll by with dealings or business
have no traffic with that man
- trade, esp of an illicit or improper kind
drug traffic
- the aggregate volume of messages transmitted through a communications system in a given period
- the number of customers patronizing a commercial establishment in a given time period
verb
- often foll by in to carry on trade or business, esp of an illicit kind
- usually foll by with to have dealings
Derived Forms
- ˈtrafficker, noun
- ˈtrafficless, adjective
Other Words From
- traffick·er noun
- traffic·less adjective
- inter·traffic noun verb intertrafficked intertrafficking
- un·trafficked adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of traffic1
Word History and Origins
Origin of traffic1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Like all publishers, The Sun saw peaks in e-commerce in line with traffic growth while people observed sheltering orders.
Knewz isn’t sending much traffic to publishers yet, according to Chartbeat analysis of more than 3,500 of websites around the world by Chartbeat’s head of data science, Bonnie Ray.
According to BrightEdge research in B2B combined search averages 76% of traffic.
Which means more traffic to be potentially turned into paying customers.
Where you can take your traffic generation to another level is to combine Quora’s traffic with the traffic from Google search.
One witness said the gunfire began after a traffic collision, which drew the attention of a nearby police officer.
The scene was heavily cordoned off to traffic and anyone not with the police, press, or residents.
That apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.
That officer believed my fair-skinned son was white, according to the traffic citation I examined.
Still, I worry that a simple traffic stop could have tragic consequences.
In this traffic he made money so fast that he opened an office, and subsequently a store of his own, in the Escolta.
Railway expectations ran high; immense traffic receipts, sorely needed, ought to have swelled the coffers of the companies.
Reasonable facilities for receiving and forwarding traffic The subject of undue preference, which was forbiddenp.
He was skilful in out-door railway work, and an adept in managing trains and traffic.
They also took advantage of the necessity of others, in miserly traffic in Beaver skins with the Savages.
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