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traffic

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noun

traf·​fic ˈtra-fik How to pronounce traffic (audio)
often attributive
1
a(1)
: the vehicles, pedestrians, ships, or planes moving along a route
(2)
: congestion of vehicles
stuck in traffic
(3)
: the movement (as of vehicles or pedestrians) through an area or along a route
b
: the information or signals transmitted over a communications system : messages
2
: the volume of customers visiting a business establishment
restaurant traffic
3
a
: the passengers or cargo carried by a transportation system
b
: the business of transporting passengers or freight
4
a
: import and export trade
b
: the business of bartering or buying and selling
c
: illegal or disreputable usually commercial activity
the drug traffic
5
a
: communication or dealings especially between individuals or groups
b
: exchange
a lively traffic in ideas F. L. Allen
6
: a concentration of participants or players and especially defensive players
force difficult shots in traffic
7
archaic : wares, goods

traffic

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verb

trafficked; trafficking

intransitive verb

1
: to carry on traffic
2
: to concentrate one's effort or interest
broadly : engage, deal
a writer who often traffics in hyperbole

transitive verb

1
a
: to travel over
heavily trafficked highways
b
: to visit as a customer
a highly trafficked bookstore
2
: trade, barter
trafficker noun
Phrases
the traffic will bear
: existing conditions will allow or permit
charge what the traffic will bear

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Choose the Right Synonym for traffic

business, commerce, trade, industry, traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities.

business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions.

commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities.

industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale.

traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons.

Example Sentences

Noun Let's leave early to avoid rush hour traffic. Traffic is backed up to the bridge. Barge traffic was halted because of flooding. Airlines saw a decrease in passenger traffic this year. Verb arrested him for trafficking in drugs
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
If a driver sees a school bus that is stopped on a street or a road with fewer than four lanes, all traffic in both directions must stop. Carol Kovach, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022 Despite that work, periodic bluff failures occur, such as one Feb. 28, 2021, that briefly halted all rail traffic and periodically delayed trains for months while repairs costing more than $10 million were made. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022 Though the move failed, TikTok took steps to silo itself from its Chinese owners and announced in June that all US user traffic would be routed in the US. WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 Police said in a news release that southbound lanes of the Palisades Interstate Parkway are closed at exit 2 and all traffic is being diverted to the southbound lanes of Route 9W. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2022 The span over the Intracoastal Waterway, which has been closed to all traffic since mid-June, will remain inaccessible through Oct. 15, the Florida Department of Transportation announced. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022 All eastbound traffic will be placed in the north lane, or left lane, at the St. Francis River Bridge. Alexandria Brown, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2022 Some nearby gang members might react and pull out guns, but this rarely happens (and leads to all non-criminal traffic speeding up and driving like madmen in the opposite direction, which is unintentionally hilarious). Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2022 All rail traffic along the major rail line that runs past Portland’s Union Station has been halted after a freight train derailed near the west end of the Steel Bridge early Saturday afternoon, a Union Pacific Railroad official said. oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2022
Verb
Friday afternoon, yellow police tape blocked off Tivoly Avenue to traffic at the rear of the high school, where officers and crime scene technicians were focused on a small parking lot. Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2022 Soon, Jackson and Scott began using Petrovic to recruit and traffic other minor females, according to prosecutors. oregonlive, 25 July 2022 Other criminals traffic everything from gold to the prized pirarucu fish, police said. Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ, 18 June 2022 Stories of hacks of high-profile companies and growing awareness of the fact that some companies traffic their data for a profit have made many consumers think twice about sharing their personal information. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 May 2022 Criminals with systems for smuggling ivory are perfectly positioned to traffic other contraband. Dean Paton, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2022 Their projects often traffic in provocative visuals and effects, sending their viewers down unanticipated rabbit holes, testing people’s limits for farts, warts, and all. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2022 The indictment accuses Treviño of conspiring to traffic large quantities of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine and using firearms — including machine guns — to facilitate those crimes. Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2022 Or, foster kids who get trafficked will be used by the traffickers to traffic their friends. San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare to trade in coastal waters

First Known Use

Noun

1511, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1537, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of traffic was in 1511

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