how to pronounce transportation

/ˌtɹæn.spɔːˈtɛɪ.ʃən/

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transportation is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of transportation in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… chains and transportation and logistics …”

meanings of transportation

noun:

A ticket or fare.
A means of conveyance.
Deportation to a penal colony.
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

transportation frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word transportation occurs in english on average 5.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics transportation can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that transportation can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) transport and travel;