Definition: 1. The vehicles that are on a road at a particular time. 2. The movement of ships, trains, aircraft, etc. along a particular route. 3. The amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time.
Use 'traffic' in a sentence:
1. The narrow streets were clogged with traffic.
2. The city is being throttled by traffic.
3. She pleaded guilty to five traffic offenses.
4. He pulled up at the traffic lights.
5. There is heavy traffic in the downtown area tonight.
6. A police officer was directing the traffic.
7. There was heavy traffic on the roads.
8. The traffic was diabolical.
9. The traffic rolled slowly forwards.
10. Increased traffic necessitated widening the road.
11. The traffic is heavy and slow.
12. Traffic is now flowing smoothly again.
13. The car stopped at the traffic lights.
14. The traffic lights were on amber.
15. An accident is holding up traffic.
16. The traffic reports are up to the minute.
17. We were stuck in a traffic jam.
18. The traffic slowed to a crawl.
19. The traffic here is very dangerous for children.
20. The plan should ease traffic congestion in the town.
21. New roads are being built to cope with the increased volume of traffic.
22. At last the traffic fell silent.
23. Turn left at the traffic lights.
24. The traffic lights were on red.
25. Traffic is slow on westbound I-80.
26. Only traffic turning right may enter the box.
27. There was a queue of traffic waiting to turn right.
28. Wait for the traffic lights to change.
29. The aim is to reduce traffic at peak periods.
30. Traffic is now moving more freely following an earlier accident.
31. Traffic zoomed past us.
32. Traffic is bad, particularly in the city centre.
33. That bridge is too weak for heavy traffic.
34. I couldn't hear what he said over the noise of the traffic.
35. I couldn't hear her above the noise of the traffic.
36. On the debit side the new shopping centre will increase traffic problems.
37. The travel company is just a front for drug trafficking.
38. There wasn't much traffic so we made good progress.
39. This road is closed to traffic.
40. The street is full of traffic from morning till night.
41. There's always a lot of traffic at this time of day.
42. The road was closed to traffic for two days.
43. We had to shout above the noise of the traffic.
44. We must address ourselves to the problem of traffic pollution.
45. The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour.
46. Coordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.
47. We're used to the noise from the traffic now.
48. There was so much traffic that we were an hour late.
49. The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control.
50. Air traffic had returned to normal.
51. The delay is due simply to the volume of traffic.
52. The traffic took a long time to clear after the accident.
53. The traffic was crawling along.
54. A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city.
55. Traffic reaches its peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.
56. The traffic lights are controlled by a central computer.
57. The new plan for traffic control is being put into action on an experimental basis.
