transportation
- 1A way of getting from one place to another, like a car, bus, or train.
Like having a car or bike that takes you where you need to go.
My only transportation is an old bicycle that I ride to school.
Do you have transportation to the party, or should I pick you up?
UsageSay I have transportation (not
incorrect: a transportation).Similartransport, transit, conveyance
- 2The moving of people or things from one place to another.
Like moving your toys from one box to another, but with people, cars, and goods.
The transportation of the heavy boxes took the workers all morning.
Bad roads made the transportation of food very slow.
UsageOften the transportation of something.
Similartransport, conveyance, carriage, shipping, haulage
- 3A punishment used long ago where criminals were sent far away to a prison colony.
Like being forced to move to a faraway place as a punishment, with no way back.
The judge sentenced the young thief to transportation for seven years.
Redpath was sentenced to transportation for life, and his assets, amounting to over £25,000, went to reduce the sum that the Great Northern had to find.
1957, Michael Robbins, “The Redpath Frauds on the Great Northern Railway”Here, transportation means being sent far away to a prison colony as punishment.Similardeportation, banishment, exile
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Less common meaning
- 4A ticket or the money you pay to ride a bus, train, or other vehicle.
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Origin
It comes from the word "transport" plus the ending "-ation".
Checked 6 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- Transportation comes from transport plus the suffix -ation. en.wiktionary.org