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How to pronounce traffic
Say it like this: /ˈtɹæfɪk/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does traffic mean?
nounMoving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.
“The traffic is slow during rush hour.”
The commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.
“I had three large axes, and abundance of hatchets (for we carried the hatchets for traffic with the Indians).”
A flow of customers for a store or restaurant.
“Sales are down due to a decline in store traffic.”
verbTo pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods.
To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
adjCongested.
“It’s super traffic here in Manila.”
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