traffic
US /ˈtræfɪk/
Definition
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Heavy traffic on the highway made me late for the meeting.
Word Family
NounNoun
traffic gốc
trafficker
VerbVerb
traffic gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Synonyms
- transportsomething that serves as a means of transportation
- movementa change of position that does not entail a change of location
Collocations
- Easy heavy traffic during rush hourdescribing heavy traffic during rush hour (an actor who plays villainous roles)
- Medium website traffic analytics reportdescribing website traffic analytics report (a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web)
- Hard direct traffic flows around the construction siteto direct traffic flows around the construction site, meaning to command with authority
- Very Hard traffic in clandestine insider informationto traffic in clandestine insider information, meaning to deal illegally
- Easy stuck in trafficto stuck in traffic, meaning to put, fix, force, or implant
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