means of transport

collocation in English

meaningsofmeansandtransport

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means
noun
uk
/miːnz/us
/miːnz/
a method or way of ...
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transport
noun
uk
/ˈtræn.spɔːt/us
/ˈtræn.spɔːrt/
the movement of people or goods from one place ...
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(Definition ofmeansandtransportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmeans of transport

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Goods with a larger volume were carried with othermeansoftransport.
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The car was the most popularmeansoftransportin both cases.
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They had nomeansoftransportbeyond bicycles, what telephones there were had been cut.
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In fact, public-transport journeys were not prominent among the othermeansoftransportused by the respondents.
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During the monsoon a large portion of the area is inundated and boats provide the onlymeansoftransport.
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Her health is such that she is considered unfit to fly or to use any othermeansoftransport.
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There will be nomeansoftransport.
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People have found othermeansoftransport.
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Furthermore, ourmeansoftransportare exceptional.
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The assessment covers allmeansoftransport.
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Othermeansoftransportcan follow.
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Others have nomeansoftransport.
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Civil aviation is ameansoftransport.
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There are nomeansoftransport.
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They would not have come otherwise, he explained, as many had no personalmeansoftransportand their ejidos were not serviced by public transport.
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The things that determine and surround our lives, such as tools,meansoftransport, the products of science, technology and art, are extremely refined.
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Be that as it may, it is clear that in other respects the newmeansoftransportwas directly instrumental in creating crime.
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Much the same thing applies to ourmeansoftransport.
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Is there any othermeansoftransportavailable?
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They really need access andmeansoftransport.
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It is subsidised, as are most othermeansoftransport.
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Technologically, the threemeansoftransportwere roughly contemporaneous.
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Motorcycles are very much a comingmeansoftransport.
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Whatmeansoftransportare to be used?
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I say that a road is ameansoftransport.
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