transported

[trans-pawr-tid, -pohr-]

adjective

1. emotionally moved; ecstatic.

   transported by the music

2. taken or carried from one place to another.

Other Word Forms

• transportedly adverb
• untransported adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of transported¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; transport + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Brilliant fashion minds often talk about “selling the fantasy” of luxury, that it’s about going to that boutique and being transported into another world.

From Los Angeles Times

At the jail, she found an inmate eager to help — Anthony Brown, a bank robber waiting to be transported to state prison on a 423-year prison sentence.

From Los Angeles Times

Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were transported to the hospital Saturday afternoon in Van Nuys, city police and fire officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

Each sip and bite of boozy lychee transported me back to those slow summer days spent feasting on fresh fruit to my heart’s content.

From Salon

Eight people were transported by either air or ambulance to local hospitals, Shared Health, the provincial health authority, said in a statement to the BBC.

From BBC