"traffic" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtræfɪk/ Audio: en-us-traffic.ogg [US] Forms: traffic [singular], traffic [plural]
enPR: trăf'ĭk Head templates: {{noun|traffic|traffic}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Traffic is the things that move along a path, especially cars on a road.
    Sense id: simple-traffic-en-noun-clIWoe~m
  2. Traffic is the buying and selling of goods, especially illegal goods.
    Sense id: simple-traffic-en-noun-a4VJwLX0

Verb

IPA: /ˈtræfɪk/ Audio: en-us-traffic.ogg [US] Forms: traffic [canonical], traffics [third-person, singular], trafficked [past], trafficked [past, participle], trafficking [present, participle]
enPR: trăf'ĭk Head templates: {{verb|traffic|k}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you traffic in certain goods, you buy and sell them, especially illegally.
    Sense id: simple-traffic-en-verb-UaoQK1jI
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          "text": "Traffic is slow at rush hour."
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          "text": "On holiday weekends there are traffic jams that stretch for miles."
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          "text": "He turned quickly, nearly getting hit by oncoming traffic."
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          "text": "Almost half of all traffic accidents are alcohol-related."
        },
        {
          "text": "Why does it take the traffic lights so long to turn green?"
        },
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          "text": "As the amount of traffic on the Internet increases, there are more and more problems."
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          "text": "Governments are working to prevent the abduction and sale of, or traffic in children."
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        },
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          "text": "Why does it take the traffic lights so long to turn green?"
        },
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