transport

[trans-pawrt, -pohrt, trans-pawrt, -pohrt]

verb (used with object)

1. to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.

2. to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture.

3. to send into banishment, especially to a penal colony.

noun

1. the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance.

2. a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus.

3. a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc.

4. an airplane carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system.

5. a system of public travel.

6. transportation.

7. strong emotion; ecstatic joy, bliss, etc.

   Synonyms: happiness, rapture

8. a convict sent into banishment, especially to a penal colony.

   The country had been colonized largely by transports.

9. Also called tape transport. Recording.,  a mechanism that moves magnetic tape past the head in a tape deck or tape recorder.

transport

verb

1. to carry or cause to go from one place to another, esp over some distance

2. to deport or exile to a penal colony

3. (usually passive) to have a strong emotional effect on

noun

1. 1. the business or system of transporting goods or people

   2. ( as modifier )

      a modernized transport system

2. freight vehicles generally

3. 1. a vehicle used to transport goods or people, esp lorries or ships used to convey troops

   2. ( as modifier )

      a transport plane

4. the act of transporting or the state of being transported

5. ecstasy, rapture, or any powerful emotion

6. a convict sentenced to be transported

Other Word Forms

• transportable adjective
• transportability noun
• transportive adjective
• countertransport noun
• nontransportability noun
• nontransportable adjective
• pretransport verb (used with object)
• untransportable adjective
• transporter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of transport¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English transporten (verb), from Latin trānsportāre “to carry across”; equivalent to trans- + port ⁵

Word History and Origins

Origin of transport¹

C14: from Latin transportāre , from _trans- + portāre to carry

Synonym Study

See carry. See ecstasy.

Example Sentences

Getting backing for DLR extension will be seen as a win by City Hall, but it is not likely to be such good news for other big transport projects in the capital.

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Scottish transport operators outlined their winter resilience plans last week.

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The Berkeley Fire Department transported the student to a hospital, where he was initially listed in critical condition but later passed away.

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It's going to be one helluva journey, no matter the mode of transport, so we need something to tune into and something to be sick of hearing before we've even departed these shores.

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The European Union proposed a multibillion-euro spending plan to improve the transport of weapons and troops and to support defense technology startups, as tensions with Russia remain high.

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Related Words

• bring 
• carry 
• ferry 
• haul 
• lug 
• pack 
• remove 
• ride 
• ship 
• take