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/tɹænspɔːˈteɪʃən/ · noun
(chiefly US) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc..
We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.
Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.
Redpath was sentenced to transportation for life, and his assets, amounting to over £25,000, went to reduce the sum that the Great Northern had to find.
Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.
Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?" (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.) Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."
Use transportation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Transportation means (chiefly US) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc..
Common synonyms include transfer, conveyance, transport, transferral.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.
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