traffic

  • 21traffic — traf|fic1 W2S1 [ˈtræfık] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Early French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare to trade ] 1.) the vehicles moving along a road or street ▪ The traffic noise kept me awake. ▪ There wasn t much traffic on …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22traffic — n. & v. n. 1 (often attrib.) a vehicles moving in a public highway, esp. of a specified kind, density, etc. (heavy traffic on the M1; traffic warden). b such movement in the air or at sea. 2 (usu. foll. by in) trade, esp. illegal (the traffic in… …

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  • 23traffic — 01. I don t like to ride my bicycle in heavy [traffic] because it s too dangerous. 02. [Traffic] is backed up for 5 miles due to a bad accident on the highway. 03. The cyclist was weaving in and out of [traffic]. 04. Jeff has just phoned to say… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 24traffic — [[t]træ̱fɪk[/t]] ♦♦♦ traffics, trafficking, trafficked 1) N UNCOUNT: also the N Traffic refers to all the vehicles that are moving along the roads in a particular area. → See also traffic jam There was heavy traffic on the roads... Traffic was… …

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  • 25Traffic — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Pour l’article homophone, voir Trafic. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Traffic  …

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  • 26traffic — I UK [ˈtræfɪk] / US noun [uncountable] *** 1) a) the vehicles that are travelling in an area at a particular time At that time of night, there was no traffic on the roads. the huge volume of traffic in the city centre rush hour traffic b) [only… …

    English dictionary

  • 27traffic — traf|fic1 [ træfık ] noun uncount *** 1. ) the vehicles that are traveling in an area at a particular time: At that time of night, there was no traffic on the roads. the huge volume of traffic on the highway rush hour traffic a ) only before noun …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28traffic — 1 noun (U) 1 the vehicles moving along a road or street: The noise of the traffic kept me awake. | heavy traffic (=a large amount of traffic): We were stuck in heavy traffic for more than an hour. 2 the movement of aircraft, ships, trains etc… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29traffic — /ˈtræfɪk / (say trafik) noun 1. the coming and going of persons, vehicles, ships, aeroplanes, etc., along a way of passage or travel: an area of high traffic. 2. viewed collectively, the persons, vehicles, etc., going along such a way, especially …

  • 30traffic — trafficker, n. trafficless, adj. /traf ik/, n., v., trafficked, trafficking. n. 1. 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. 2. the …

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