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English noun: transportation | |||
| 1. | transportation (artifact) a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods | ||
| Synonyms | transit, transportation system | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | facility, installation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | air transportation system, highway system, public transit, short line, telferage, telpherage | ||
| Part holonym | airfield, bridge, depot, field, flying field, landing field, line, public transport, span, terminal, terminus, way | ||
| Part meronym | base, infrastructure | ||
| 2. | transportation (act) the act of moving something from one location to another | ||
| Synonyms | conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | airlift, bringing, carry, connection, connexion, delivery, drive, lift, lighterage, relocation, resettlement, teleportation, transshipment | ||
| Part holonym | pickup | ||
| 3. | transportation (possession) the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance | ||
| Synonyms | fare | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | charge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | airfare, bus fare, cab fare, carfare, taxi fare, train fare | ||
| 4. | Transportation (group) the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 | ||
| Synonyms | Department of Transportation, DoT | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | executive department | ||
| Part holonym | FAA, Federal Aviation Agency, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, U. S. Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard, US Coast Guard | ||
| 5. | transportation (act) the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials | ||
| Synonyms | shipping, transport | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | air transport, air transportation, express, expressage, ferry, ferrying, freight, freightage, hauling, navigation, truckage, trucking | ||
| Part meronym | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | ||
| Domain category members | off-line, on-line, online | ||
| 6. | transportation (act) the act of expelling a person from their native land | ||
| Samples | Men in exile dream of hope. His deportation to a penal colony. The expatriation of wealthy farmers. The sentence was one of transportation for life. | ||
| Synonyms | deportation, exile, expatriation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | banishment, proscription | ||
| Instance hyponym | Babylonian Captivity | ||
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