means of transportation

collocation in English

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means
noun
uk
/miːnz/us
/miːnz/
a method or way of ...
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transportation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌtræn.spɔːˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌtræn.spɚˈteɪ.ʃən/
the movement of people or goods from one place ...
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(Definition ofmeansandtransportationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmeans of transportation

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The only massmeansoftransportationwas the horse, either singly or in a caravan.
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However, law enforcement agents also use the samemeansoftransportationand communication to enforce natural resource regulations.
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They made use of the same servants, horses and othermeansoftransportationwhile conducting their business.
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They are ameansoftransportation.
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Provision is necessary for alternativemeansoftransportationso that a driving prohibition does not lead to social isolation and frustration.
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Here, the train functions liminally not only as ameansoftransportation, providing mediation between physical locales, but also between this world and the next.
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This newmeansoftransportationdemanded a strongly centralized organization, coordination, and a systematic effort to attain uniformity within the networks of each railway company.
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As modernmeansoftransportationsuch as the train, car, and airplane became more accessible, they replaced the camel and the horse.
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This ability to quickly rearrange distribution routes suggests that differentmeansoftransportationwere crucial in smooth day-to-day operations.
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The idea behind such a device is that it acts as ameansoftransportationfrom say a space ship to the surface of a planet.
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Every other country allows railways to operate thesemeansoftransportationto assist trade and industry.
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Therefore, if themeansoftransportationare broken down problems of distribution are bound to arise.
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It was considered more economic to bring in diesel oil by variousmeansoftransportation.
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Logistical difficulties were also mentioned, but themeansoftransportationare available.
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Per unit carried, it is still the most economicalmeansoftransportation.
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Principlemeansoftransportationis the automobile.
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Meansoftransportationis majorly by road.
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The canoe provides ameansoftransportation.
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Automobiles became the preferredmeansoftransportation.
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These taxes bear heavily on themeansoftransportation, and particularly on the transportation of the individual.
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Therefore, these pipe-lines are ameansoftransportation: that is the essential characteristic of the proposed pipe-lines.
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Did we fail because of lack of equipment and because themeansoftransportationwere not available to us?
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It need not be used merely as a warmeansoftransportation, and it must have great commercial utility.
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These principles must assure to all countries a free and fair share in this newmeansoftransportation.
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Imports were nearly doubled in the first few months after unification of control of allmeansoftransportationwas instituted.
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