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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Example Sentences
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Public transport services, including many local trains, have been suspended in the financial hub.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Find insight on Lyft, Daimler Truck and more in the latest Market Talks covering auto and transport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
More importantly, the devices demonstrated a combination that has been difficult to achieve in atomically thin transistors: very thin dielectric scaling, strong electrostatic control, and sustained carrier transport.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Earlier this week, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmons hailed the fleadh as a "great success" and thanked Translink staff "for their efforts in delivering vital public transport services".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
On December 21, 1919, the Russians, together with fifty other people who had been sentenced to deportation, were herded together on an ancient army transport ship named the Buford.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Papperger said he expected the deal to be around 12.4 billion for the vehicles, primarily used as troop transports, and an additional service contract.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Many who survived the Oryoku Maru would later say their ordeal on board the ship—one of more than 100 Japanese prisoner transports that would become known as “hellships”—was the worst of their captivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Shine a Light,” accented with Billy Preston’s piano and organ, transports listeners to a higher place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
According to the model, an eastward-moving "mantle wind" transports hot asthenospheric material toward Yellowstone.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
I knew other code talkers were doing the same on the command ships and the other transports.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
Both developments threaten to derail a potential deal to reopen the strait, a key waterway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil is transported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Shafiullah Ehsas, a father-of-five, transported his excavator hundreds of kilometres from Jalalabad about three months ago.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
For the Sun's magnetic "framework" to change this quickly, magnetic flux must be transported efficiently away through the solar atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Fortunately, Hilton was transported from his Miami home to a hospital to receive medical attention, according to the local sheriff’s office.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Once we got away we made for the docks, snuck up and watched from the shadows while they transported them on a brachy.”
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
The club's general secretary Ayaz Shigri said a ground rescue team was transporting four bodies -- including those of Purja, two other Nepali nationals and a Chinese citizen -- down from the mountain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Historians say U.S. commanders didn’t know the ship was transporting American prisoners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The investigators also identified additional partner proteins involved in folding and transporting proinsulin, as well as detecting and managing misfolded versions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
The disputed Strait of Hormuz is a key waterway for transporting fertilizer and other key commodities, in addition to oil.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I suppose I am. How I go from transporting His Royal Deviousness, the Goblin King himself, to some trainee is beyond me...”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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