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traffic

/ traffic /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
buying and selling; especially illicit trade
Type of:
commerce commercialism mercantilism
Kinds of:
drug traffic drug trafficking narcotraffic simony slave trade
noun Sense 2
the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
"heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"
"traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"
Type of:
communication communicating
noun Sense 3
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
Type of:
collection aggregation accumulation
Kinds of:
air traffic commuter traffic pedestrian traffic foot traffic vehicular traffic
verb Sense 4
trade or deal a commodity
"They trafficked with us for gold"
Type of:
trade merchandise
Derived:
seller marketer vender vendor trafficker
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
commerce commercialism mercantilism
verb Sense 5
deal illegally
"traffic drugs"
Type of:
trade merchandise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
crime law-breaking
noun Sense 6
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with'')
Type of:
interchange reciprocation give-and-take
Kinds of:
relation
Derived:
deal
Semantic Complexity
94%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
32
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

commerce commercialism mercantilism drug traffic drug trafficking narcotraffic simony slave trade communication communicating collection aggregation