Used in a Sentence

traffic

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for traffic.

Editorial note

At least in the bigger cities for traffic shaping they measure the traffic at every lane of every intersection.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of traffic gathered in one view.

noun

Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.

noun

The commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.

noun

The illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for traffic.

noun

Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.

noun

The commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.

noun

The illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.

noun

The exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.

Example sentences

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At least in the bigger cities for traffic shaping they measure the traffic at every lane of every intersection.

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Specialization means you can have a good job market without the crowds causing traffic jams and running up the cost of living.

3

The point is that someone pulled over at a traffic stop can keep a gun hidden and take the first shot if they want to.

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Note that Florida combines low housing costs, lack of an income tax, super-short commutes, and very little traffic.

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The traffic issues would be much easier, and they would also be a better fit with the current airspace.

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Our video products are embedded on our partners’ websites -- as their traffic spikes, so does ours.

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There are at least 17.7 million people pulled over for traffic stops per year in the US.

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If we attribute ALL of the deaths to traffic stops to get an upper bound of 3.5 deaths per 100k for people in traffic stops per year.

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You can get a cheap house within a mile of work and there isn't much traffic.

10

Only 2% of the descriptions at Wikipedia mention traffic, but that is too low because some do not have descriptions.

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The sites would lose all their traffic from much larger markets than the UK.

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Note that a few of those locations combine low housing costs, lack of an income tax, super-short commutes, and very little traffic.

Quote examples

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I set up RDS thinking that "pay what you use" would mean I would have no bill since the site has no traffic yet.

Proper noun examples

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Traffic which impairs the UX for the paying customers (the smartphone and tablet users).

2

>Traffic and trash and pollution will evaporate, Nope, just displaced to Asia.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use traffic in a sentence?

At least in the bigger cities for traffic shaping they measure the traffic at every lane of every intersection.

What does traffic mean?

Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.

What part of speech is traffic?

traffic is commonly used as noun.