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Nothing beats weaving through the rush-hour traffic or whizzing past the eternal gridlock that is the Strand.
Deborah Moggach

Meaning of "rush-hour traffic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC

rush-hour traffic  [ˈrʌʃˌaʊə ˈtræfɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rush-Hour traffic is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rush-hour traffic in the English dictionary

The definition of rush-hour traffic in the dictionary is the large number of vehicles that move along roads, travelling to or from work at the beginning and end of the working day.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC


bibliographic
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈɡræfɪk
chromatographic
ˌkrəʊmətəˈɡræfɪk
crystallographic
ˌkrɪstələʊˈɡræfɪk
demographic
ˌdɛməˈɡræfɪk
electrocardiographic
ɪˌlektrəʊˌkɑ:dɪəʊˈɡræfɪk
ethnographic
ˌɛθnəˈɡræfɪk
graphic
ˈɡræfɪk
holographic
ˌhɒləˈɡræfɪk
hydrographic
ˌhaɪdrəˈɡræfɪk
iconographic
aɪˌkɒnəˈɡræfɪk
intertraffic
ˌɪntəˈtræfɪk
orthographic
ˌɔːθəʊˈɡræfɪk
phonographic
ˌfəʊnəˈɡræfɪk
photographic
ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk
pornographic
ˌpɔːnəˈɡræfɪk
radiographic
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈɡræfɪk
reprographic
ˌriːprəˈɡræfɪk
topographic
ˌtɒpəˈɡræfɪk
traffic
ˈtræfɪk
typographic
ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC

rush
rush candle
rush hour
rush job
rush light
rush mat
rush matting
rush one´s fences
rush order
Rushdie
rushed
rushed behind
rushee
rushen
rusher
rushes
rushier
rushiest
rushiness
rushlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC

air traffic
foot traffic
holiday traffic
passenger traffic
peak traffic
pedestrian traffic
rail traffic
river traffic
road traffic
slave traffic
through traffic
tourist traffic
triffic

Synonyms and antonyms of rush-hour traffic in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rush-hour traffic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC

Find out the translation of rush-hour traffic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rush-hour traffic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rush-hour traffic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

交通高峰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el tráfico de la hora punta
570 millions of speakers

English

rush-hour traffic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जल्दी घंटे यातायात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حركة المرور ساعة الذروة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

час пик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tráfego da hora do rush
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘন্টা ট্রাফিক রাশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trafic aux heures de pointe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Trafik jam sibuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Berufsverkehr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラッシュアワーの交通
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

러시아워 트래픽
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lalu lintas jam sibuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giao thông vào giờ cao điểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரஷ்-மணிநேர போக்குவரத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गर्दी तासांच्या रहदारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Acele-saat trafiği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

traffico dell´ora di punta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ruchu w godzinach szczytu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

годину пік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trafic oră de vârf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ώρα αιχμής της κυκλοφορίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spitsverkeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rusningstrafiken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rushtrafikken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rush-hour traffic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC»

The term «rush-hour traffic» is regularly used and occupies the 90.694 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rush-hour traffic

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QUOTES WITH «RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rush-hour traffic.
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Deborah Moggach
Nothing beats weaving through the rush-hour traffic or whizzing past the eternal gridlock that is the Strand.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC»

Discover the use of rush-hour traffic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rush-hour traffic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Tappan Zee Bridge: Where Do We Go from Here?
Where Do We Go from Here? Robert T. Hintersteiner. which is when a proposed development is expected to be operational. In Appendix A are all the Charts and Tables that show the adjusted 2000 traffic volumes along different sections of the  ...
Robert T. Hintersteiner, 2002
2
Roadmap to the California High School Exit Exam: ...
Dmitri's ice cream melted while driving through rush-hour traffic. A Driving through rush-hour traffic, Dmitri's ice cream melted. B While driving Dmitri's ice cream through rush-hour traffic, it melted. C While Dmitri was driving through rush -hour ...
Wendy Scheir, 2004
3
Handbook of Concrete Bridge Management
The rush-hour traffic transfer in terms of the percentage noted above is represented schematically in Figure 12-29. Contrary to subroutine TRAFFIC, subroutine TRAFFIC2 has the disadvantage of being more limited in terms of representing the ...
Fernando A. Branco, Jorge de Brito, 2004
4
The Handbook of Road Safety Measures, Second Edition
In rural areas, most roads carry too little traffic for capacity problems to arise (Hall and Pendleton 1990). In the San Francisco area, it was found that the accident rate in rush-hour traffic increased by around 90% for injury accidents (relative rate ...
Rune Elvik, Truls Vaa, Alena Erke, 2009
5
Combinatorial Optimization
Should be able to model rush hour traffic. 2. Should incorporate trips with a source and a destination. 3. Models movement patterns e.g. -heavily used routes. 4. Models realistic scenarios. 5. Should be easy to customize the model for a given ...
B. N. Waphare, 2004
6
Economic Facts and Fallacies
Given these costs, and especially the differences in costs at different times of day, not only did the total traffic passing through the controlled area decline by 22 percent, the ratio between the volume of rush-hour traffic and non- rush hour traffic ...
Thomas Sowell, 2011
7
Learning English: Understanding the News (Section 1)
Zhanna Hamilton. “Save yourself the trouble of being stuck in traffic for an hour by leaving work early and beating rush hour.” Traffic is backed up for miles: This means that traffic is slow and congested (tightly packed together) for many miles.
Zhanna Hamilton
8
Telecommuting in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area: A Report ...
But this estimate does not consider that work commute trips are only a fraction of rush-hour traffic (see B). Taking this aspect into account reveals that work- commute trips reduce all rush-hour traffic 23 percent in the a.m. peak hour and 1.2 ...
DIANE Publishing Company, 1995
9
Environmental Protection: Public or Private Choice: Public ...
To follow up on the latter example: each car that joins rush hour traffic adds to the traffic congestion and causes negative effects for other rush hour traffic users. As long as the private benefit of joining rush hour traffic is larger than the private ...
Dirk-Jan Kraan, R. J. in 't Veld, 1991
10
The Practical Writer
Also, heavy rush-hour traffic reinforces the aggressiveness of some drivers. Often drivers follow too closely during rush hour because they're afraid other drivers might slip in ahead of them. Drivers continue into intersections on yellow lights ...
Edward Bailey, Philip Powell, 2007

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rush-hour traffic is used in the context of the following news items.
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PM News Links: Naked man on car roof snarls rush-hour traffic
State police say traffic was snarled during part of the morning rush hour on Interstate 95 in West Haven because of a naked man on the highway. (July 14). AP. «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
2
Cities With the Worst Rush-Hour Traffic
That's because commuters in the City of Angels suffer the nastiest evening rush hour congestion among major U.S. cities, according to the annual traffic index ... «Forbes, Mar 15»
3
Road cave-in on NH-24 leads to rush-hour traffic nightmare
GHAZIABAD: The embankment supporting a portion of the National Highway-24 in Ghaziabad collapsed on Monday morning, leading to a major gridlock during ... «Times of India, Jan 15»
4
Police arrest demonstrators in Hart Bridge protest during evening …
Demonstrators orchestrated a halt to Monday morning's rush-hour traffic on Interstate 95 just south of Jacksonville's downtown to protest the recent grand jury ... «Florida Times-Union, Dec 14»
5
Woman Sues Boss Over Rush-Hour Traffic
(Newser) – Rush-hour traffic is a pain, but can it qualify you for a disability? A New Jersey woman is trying to make her case in court against a former employer, ... «Newser, Jun 14»
6
Stockholm rush hour worse than London or LA
The annual TomTom Traffic Index rates cities around the world for their rush-hour congestion as compared to non rush-hour traffic, and found Stockholm one of ... «The Local.se, Nov 13»

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