traffic
Noun
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The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time (synset 108442260)
is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a wholesubtypes:
- air traffic - traffic created by the movement of aircraft
- commuter traffic - traffic created by people going to or returning from work
- foot traffic, pedestrian traffic - people coming and going on foot
- vehicle traffic, vehicular traffic - the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality
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Buying and selling;
Especially illicit trade (synset 101115977)is a type of: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)subtypes:- drug traffic, drug trafficking, narcotraffic - traffic in illegal drugs
- barratry, simony - traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
- slave trade, slave traffic - traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries
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The amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time (synset 107294158)
"heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"is a type of: communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
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Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') (synset 100041542)
is a type of: give-and-take, interchange, reciprocation - mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)subtypes: relation - (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groupssame as: dealings
Verb
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Deal illegally (synset 202265930)
"traffic drugs"referred to in: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil actis a type of: merchandise, trade - engage in the trade of
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Trade or deal a commodity (synset 202265577)
"They trafficked with us for gold"referred to in: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)is a type of: merchandise, trade - engage in the trade of
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