English > transportation: 6 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. |
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| Synonyms | transportation system, transit |
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| Part of | infrastructure, base | The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area |
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| Parts | airfield, landing field, flying field, field | A place where planes take off and land |
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| bridge, span | A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. |
| line | A commercial organization serving as a common carrier |
| public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail / mail or freight |
| terminal, terminus, depot | station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods |
| way | Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another |
| Narrower | air transportation system | A transportation system for moving passengers or goods by air |
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| highway system | A transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport |
| public transit | A public transportation system for moving passengers |
| short line | A transportation system that operates over relatively short distances |
| telpherage, telferage | A transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity |
| Broader | facility, installation | A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry |
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| Spanish | sistema de transporte, tránsito, transporte |
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| Catalan | mitjà de transport, sistema de transport, transport |
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| Verbs | transport | move something or somebody around |
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English > transportation: 6 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The act of moving something from one location to another. |
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| Synonyms | transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance |
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| Parts | pickup | The act of taking aboard passengers or freight |
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| Narrower | airlift, lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) |
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| carry | The act of carrying something |
| connection, connexion | shifting from one form of transportation to another |
| delivery, bringing | The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) |
| drive | The act of driving a herd of animals overland |
| lighterage | The transportation of goods on a lighter |
| resettlement, relocation | The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) |
| teleportation | A hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation |
| transshipment | The transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment |
| Broader | movement | The act of changing the location of something |
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| Spanish | transferencia, transporte |
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| Catalan | transferència, transport |
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| Verbs | transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body |
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