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traffic
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[ noun ] the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
Used in print (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)A site which overlooks a harbor or river may offer interest in the activities of boating traffic . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The gadget faker operates or sells his phony machines for $ 5 to $ 10000 - anything the traffic will bear . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)But the highroad , according_to the description of its traffic , belongs_to life as it is lived in unawareness of death , while the way to the churchyard belongs_to some other sort of life : (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)And there are now many millions of workers for whom the factory with the big parking_lot , which can be reached by driving across or against the usual pattern of rush_hour traffic and grille route bus_lines , is actually more convenient than the walk-to factory . If the distant patron of the suburban branch has been frightened_away from downtown by traffic problems , however , the city store can only pressure the politicians to do something about the highways or await the completion of the federal highway program . Related terms collection commuter_traffic vehicular_traffic air_traffic pedestrian_traffic |
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[ noun ] (business) buying and selling; especially illicit trade
Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)This traffic , he declared prophetically , `` tho ' it might be of small account at_first , would increase with the progress of our Settlements '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
Examples "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines" "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night" Related terms |
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[ noun ] social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
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