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public transportation

public transportation noun: public transport.

Noun

public transportation (countable and uncountable, plural public transportations)

  1. (US) Public transport.

Forms of public transportation

pluralpublic transportations

Questions about public transportation

What does public transportation mean?
Public transportation means public transport.
What part of speech is public transportation?
Public transportation is a noun.
What is the plural of public transportation?
The plural of public transportation is public transportations.

Words near public transportation in the dictionary

  1. public television
  2. public toilets
  3. public transit
  4. public transits
  5. public transport
  6. public transportation
  7. public transportations
  8. public transports
  9. public trust
  10. public trustee
  11. public trustees

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