Noun

(tragedies)

A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.

The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.

A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.

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, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”}}

Noun

(-)

Pedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or passage thereof.

Traffic is slow at rush hour.

Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.

* 1719 , :

I had three large axes, and abundance of hatchets (for we carried the hatchets for traffic with the Indians).

* 2007 , John Darwin, After Tamerlane , Penguin 2008, p. 12:

It's units of study are regions or oceans, long-distance trades [...], the traffic of cults and beliefs between cultures and continents.

Illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.

Exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.

Commodities of the market.

* John Gay

You'll see a draggled damsel / From Billingsgate her fishy traffic bear.