Meaning & Definition of Traffic in English
English⟶
Traffic
/træfɪk/
noun
1. The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
synonym:
- traffic
2. Buying and selling
- Especially illicit trade
synonym:
- traffic
3. 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"
synonym:
- traffic
4. Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
synonym:
- dealings,
- traffic
verb
1. Deal illegally
- "Traffic drugs"
synonym:
- traffic
2. Trade or deal a commodity
- "They trafficked with us for gold"
synonym:
- traffic
Examples of using
They opened the road to traffic.
What caused the traffic jam down the street?
There are too many cars and too much traffic.