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traffic

/ˈtɹæfɪk/noun, verb2 syllables

Traffic means: social or verbal interchange (usually followed by ‘with’).

Synonyms for traffic4

noun, as in social or verbal interchange (usually followed by ‘with’)

also used for traffic

travel, trafficking, trade

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What does traffic mean?6

noun

1

social or verbal interchange (usually followed by ‘with’)

2

the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time

3

buying and selling; especially illicit trade

4

the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time“heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines”

verb

1

deal illegally“traffic drugs”

2

trade or deal a commodity“They trafficked with us for gold”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with traffic?8

two syllables

four syllables

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Traffic in a sentence

  • And to make matters worse, he met with a traffic accident.CM
  • The traffic is heavy here, especially in the morning.CM
  • Between the traffic and the dog's barking, he couldn't sleep.CM
  • As a result of a traffic accident, several persons were killed.unknown
  • If there weren't so many taxis, there would be fewer traffic accidents.CK
  • Because of a traffic jam, we were late for the meeting.CM
  • Since the traffic was light, we made good time driving to the beach.CK
  • Recently, many traffic accidents have occurred on that road.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of traffic

as a noun

plural
traffics

as a verb

past tense
trafficked
past participle
trafficked
present participle
trafficking
third-person singular
traffics