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- [traf-ik]
- /ˈtræf ɪk/
- /ˈtræfɪk/
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- [traf-ik]
- /ˈtræf ɪk/
Definitions of traffic word
- noun traffic 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. 1
- noun traffic the vehicles, persons, etc., moving in an area, along a street, etc. 1
- noun traffic the transportation of goods for the purpose of trade, by sea, land, or air: ships of traffic. 1
- noun traffic trade; buying and selling; commercial dealings. 1
- noun traffic trade between different countries or places; commerce. 1
- noun traffic the business done by a railroad or other carrier in the transportation of freight or passengers. 1
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Origin of traffic
First appearance:
before 1495 One of the 26% oldest English words
1495-1505; earlier traffyk < Middle French trafique (noun), trafiquer (v.) < Italian traffico (noun), trafficare (v.), of disputed orig.
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Parts of speech for Traffic
noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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traffic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
traffic usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for traffic
verb traffic
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bargain — Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
- barter — If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money.
noun traffic
- big business — Big business is business which involves very large companies and very large sums of money.
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- clientage — a body of clients; clientele.
- commerce — Commerce is the activities and procedures involved in buying and selling things.
- commercialism — Commercialism is the practice of making a lot of money from things without caring about their quality.
Top questions with traffic
- when was the first traffic light installed?
- how to become an air traffic controller?
- how to become an air traffic control?
- how is traffic?
- who invented the traffic light?
- how to become and air traffic controller?
- how is the traffic?
- how to become air traffic control?
- how much do air traffic controllers make?
- who invented traffic lights?
- how to become air traffic controller?
- how to fight a traffic ticket without going to court?
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