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teleport

1

[ tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to transport (a body) by telekinesis.


teleport

2

[ tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun

  1. a regional telecommunications network that provides access to communications satellites and other long distance media; telecommunications hub.

teleport

/ ˈtɛlɪˌpɔːt /

verb

  1. tr (in science fiction) to transport (a person or object) across a distance instantaneously
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌteleporˈtation, noun
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Other Words From

  • tele·por·tation tele·portage noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of teleport1

1950–55; back formation from teleportation, equivalent to tele- 1 + (trans)portation

Origin of teleport2

First recorded in 1980–85; tele- 1 + port 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of teleport1

C20: from tele- + port 5
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Example Sentences

Giannis Antetokounmpo, who often teleports from halfcourt to the rim with a single dribble and somehow produces in the paint like Shaq despite having a Stretch Armstrong-like elasticity.

Players’ hands float in midair as they vault across virtual space, crudely teleporting from point to point.

He’s a preternaturally instinctual defender, and at times he appears gifted with the ability to teleport into passing lanes.

A Swiss group, for example, used China’s data to synthesize SARS-CoV-2’s entire genome in the lab, essentially instantly teleporting it into their hands without having to wait for physical samples.

Sneaky spheresA classic gimmick, Murphy’s Cup and Balls lets quick-handed performers “teleport” wool orbs between aluminum containers as they slide them around a table.

They're just finding out their powers—one is a telepath, another levitates, a third is a teleport.

We'll need more televisor machines, more teleport machines, some for use on Mars and Venus, others for the Jovian moons.

He could teleport parts from it; he could hold other parts more tightly together by using the same power.

If the same rule holds for the aliens as for us, I don't think they would have time to teleport it away.

Malone thought, if you put handcuffs on a teleport, would the handcuffs vanish when the teleport did?

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