transport
Americanverb (used with object)
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transports,
present (3rd person singular)
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transported,
past participle, past
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transporting
present participle
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to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
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to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture.
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to send into banishment, especially to a penal colony.
noun
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the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance.
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a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus.
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a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc.
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an airplane carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system.
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a system of public travel.
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strong emotion; ecstatic joy, bliss, etc.
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a convict sent into banishment, especially to a penal colony.
The country had been colonized largely by transports.
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Also called tape transport. Recording. a mechanism that moves magnetic tape past the head in a tape deck or tape recorder.
verb
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to carry or cause to go from one place to another, esp over some distance
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to deport or exile to a penal colony
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(usually passive) to have a strong emotional effect on
noun
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the business or system of transporting goods or people
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( as modifier )
a modernized transport system
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freight vehicles generally
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a vehicle used to transport goods or people, esp lorries or ships used to convey troops
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( as modifier )
a transport plane
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the act of transporting or the state of being transported
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ecstasy, rapture, or any powerful emotion
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a convict sentenced to be transported
Synonym Usage
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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countertransportnoun
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nontransportabilitynoun
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transportabilitynoun
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transporternoun
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pretransportverb (used with object)
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nontransportableadjective
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transportableadjective
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transportiveadjective
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untransportableadjective
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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transportsimple
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transportssimple
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have transportedperfect
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has transportedperfect
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am transportingprogressive
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are transportingprogressive
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is transportingprogressive
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have been transportingperfect progressive
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has been transportingperfect progressive
Past
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transportedsimple
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had transportedperfect
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was transportingprogressive
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were transportingprogressive
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had been transportingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of transport
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English transporten (verb), from Latin trānsportāre “to carry across”; equivalent to trans- + port 5
Explanation
Transport means to move something, often large quantities of commercial products, over great distances. Container ships transport goods made in China to the U.S., where they will be sold. A pipeline can transport oil. A school bus transports children. Soldiers get their postings but then must wait for news of their transport. If you are in a hurry to get something to market, you might consider using air transport, though that's expensive. Transport is from Latin words meaning "carry across."
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As Manchester's mayor, Burnham had been against the project over concerns that it would delay investment in transport for the north.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
"We also clearly need stronger legal protections for public transport workers against assaults at work," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Russia has ports on the Baltic and Caspian seas, and has sought to support farmers by offering subsidies for rail transport of grain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
He admitted issues with transport had occurred but said "there had been no significant impact on the Games and no event has been delayed".
From Barron's
“We saw the transport leave the Schouwburg last night.”
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
MacAskill's haulage firm, N D MacAskill & Son, transports livestock around Inverness, Dingwall and Stirling but also further afield.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The costumes, the vendors, the food — all of it transports you to another world in such a magical way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The German government has temporarily lifted a ban on truck transports on Sundays and public holidays to help industries that rely on the Rhine for deliveries, which also include sectors such as chemicals and agriculture.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Most of the ventures aim to develop electric or hybrid transports that take off and land like a helicopter and cruise like an airplane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I may be twelve and three-quarters, but there’s something about rainbow sequins that transports me back to kindergarten.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Food needs to be harvested, transported, stored, sold and — last but not least — purchased.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
It is urging the administration to relax authorization requirements for Jones Act waivers, which allow fuel to be transported between U.S. ports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
While being transported from the airport to jail, Marset’s lawyers say, the DEA agents asked him to “donate” $4 million in cryptocurrency that was held in various accounts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
She added: "Everyone present was transported 50 years back to the hour and place of our father's death."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
I was transported in thought to the scenes of childhood: I dreamt I lay in the red-room at Gateshead; that the night was dark, and my mind impressed with strange fears.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks added more than 0.5%, while an index tracking the railroads, airlines and trucks transporting the goods and raw materials that power the U.S. economy climbed 0.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Black holes are key drivers of gas flows and motion in space, transporting vast amounts of energy to different regions of the cosmos."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The ambulance was transporting a seriously injured patient at the time of the crash, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
In July, a ferry transporting more than 70 people sank while sailing near Selayar, a small island south of Sulawesi.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
And he gave them to Milo, who immediately began transporting one grain at a time.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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