traffic
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- noun
- /ˈtræfɪk/
:
tráfico
- Would the measure cover domestic coastal traffic between the states?
- heavy traffic
- a traffic jam
- traffic congestion
They're cutting me off in traffic or they're doing this to me.
- They're cutting me off in traffic or they're doing this to me.
- It never tells you the traffic inside the airport.
- Docks, Water, traffic on either side of the island?
- Good weather, no traffic and surprise mayonnaise.
- It would be very limited traffic and almost no crashes, right?
- Make it easier, less traffic and come and see your boy.
- But there was these speed bumps to slow traffic down outside the school.
- So because of in traffic, I got here at five.
- And this pretty much just acts as like a traffic traffic control station.
Examples
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And see the traffic lights up there?
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Me, too, but we ain't going nowhere 'cause this is a traffic jam.
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Hey, guys, we're going to get some food because the traffic is so bad.
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There is no traffic this time of night.
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Got held up in traffic, you know.
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There was no oncoming traffic, and soon Joe pulled into the right lane to pass.
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I'm sorry, he's stuck in traffic.
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In 1982, 43,510 people died in all traffic crashes in the United States.
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Then you'll put your turn signal on and very slowly and carefully merge into traffic.
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During rush hour, the traffic on the highway can be incredibly slow.
Synonyms
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The movement of cars and trucks on roads
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The movement of cars and trucks on roads in an area at one time
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A flow of cars moving on roads and streets
Antonyms
Idioms
- Slang
Tell someone angrily to do something dangerous to stop them complaining
Compounds
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A device with red, yellow and green lights that controls cars and people at street intersections
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A system of colored lights where roads meet that tells cars and people when to go
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A red, yellow and green sign on a report or screen that shows a project's status
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A round road junction where cars go around a central island to enter or leave
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A time when cars and other vehicles move slowly and sometimes stop because of heavy traffic or an accident
- Specialized
The amount of data sent between parts of a computer over a shared connection
- Texting
Visits to a website that come from people typing the address or using a bookmark
- Specialized
A time when data takes longer to travel across a computer network, causing lag
- NSFW
The buying, selling, and moving of people to be forced to work, especially Africans taken to the Americas
How Busy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Traffic first meant the movement of goods and people for trade, so think of carts and people moving along a road; that image explains why traffic now means the flow of cars and people.