Meaning
All the cars, buses and lorries moving along a road at the same time.
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Word origin
From Italian traffico, which meant trade and the moving of goods from place to place.
- Origin
- Italian
- Root
- traffico
Examples
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"Traffic" is uncountable, so it takes a singular verb.
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"In traffic" means stuck among other cars.
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Here "traffic" means the number of cars on the road.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 4: traffic, soup, fry and 7 more words.