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

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

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

A New Towns Unit will be tasked with bringing in millions of pounds of public and private sector funding to invest in GP surgeries, schools, green spaces, libraries and transport for the new developments.

From BBC

The ice was chopped into 1m blocks and transported by ship and then in a cold van to Cambridge.

From BBC

The shooter "specifically intended to kill ICE agents" and fired at transport vehicles carrying ICE personnel, federal and detainees, he said.

From BBC

They are booked on an automated system where public transport or walking are not given as options - which can result in some unusually long or short journeys.

From BBC

"Timber harvesting and transport will allow us to restructure Uswayford, increasing biodiversity by creating open habitats, restoring peatlands and planting of a wider mix of tree species."

From BBC

Related Words

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