TRANSPORTATION : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: TRANSPORTATION	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for TRANSPORTATION
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transportation n a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods Synonym(s): transportation system, transportation, transit the act of moving something from one location to another Synonym(s): transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance Synonym(s): fare, transportation the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 Synonym(s): Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoT the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials Synonym(s): transportation, shipping, transport the act of expelling a person from their native land; "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" Synonym(s): exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transportation \Trans`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. transportatio: cf. F. transportation.] 1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance. To provide a vessel for their transportation. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.] --South.