traffic

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtræfɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtræfɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(traf′ik)

Inflections of 'traffic' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
traffics
v 3rd person singular
trafficking
v pres p
trafficked
v past
trafficked
v past p

Collocations for "traffic"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "traffic" in context.

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traffic

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. was not expecting [this, so] much traffic
  2. am stuck in traffic on the [highway, freeway]
  3. have been stuck in traffic for [ages, an hour]
  4. stuck in the rush-hour traffic
  5. the [highway] is jammed (up) with traffic
  6. caught in the flow of traffic
  7. the traffic is finally starting to flow
  8. get stuck in traffic every [day, afternoon]
  9. (in order to) [avoid, escape] the traffic
  10. leave early to [avoid] the traffic
  11. a route with less traffic
  12. is always a lot of traffic around [downtown, the museums]
  13. there is a lot of traffic for [a Sunday, this time of day]
  14. a motorcycle weaving in and out the traffic
  15. [car, truck, boat] traffic
  16. is causing a lot of traffic
  17. traffic from the [accident, construction]
  18. (to) [avoid, escape] the traffic
  19. [heavy, light] traffic
  20. unexpected traffic
  21. [a cop, an officer] directing traffic
  22. measure [internet, website] traffic
  23. traffic on the [site, webpage]
  24. try to stop [drug, weapons] traffic
n as adj
  1. [caused, stuck in] a traffic jam
  2. the traffic signal
  3. UK: jumped the traffic lights
  4. was [issued, given] a traffic citation
  5. in [high, low] -traffic areas
v
  1. traffic [drugs, cocaine, people, humans]
  2. traffic in [drugs]
  3. [caught, jailed, prosecuted] for trafficking [drugs]
  4. traffic [drugs] across the [border, country]
  5. the [drugs] were trafficked by [boat, plane, truck]
'traffic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accident - air - allowance - backup - bad - barge - barrier - blizzard - block - bumper - bypass - chopper - city - clog - close - closed - commuter - controller - cop - corridor - crash - crawl - creep - crippled - crossing - delay - direct - disruption - diversion - divert - encompass - exposure - flow - flowing - fluid - free - green - grind - halt - hamper - haze - hectic - highway - hold - hour - hum - inbound - incoming - inconvenience - jam

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