teleport

[ tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ ˈtɛl əˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

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verb (used with object)

to transport (a body) by telekinesis.

RELATED WORDS

beam, broadcast, emit, send, transmit

Nearby words

Origin of teleport

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

Related formstel·e·por·ta·tion, tel·e·por·tage, noun

teleport

[ tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ ˈtɛl əˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

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

Origin of teleport

First recorded in 1980–85; tele-¹ + port¹

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Examples from the Web for teleport

Instead, he could teleport and he could even foretell the future a little, in a dim sort of way.
Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett
I want to teleport them this way and that way, from all around me, whenever one comes close to me.
Earth Alert!|Kris Neville
If the same rule holds for the aliens as for us, I don't think they would have time to teleport it away.
Earth Alert!|Kris Neville
Couldn't you just tell me where your superiors are and let me teleport there?
Fair and Warmer|E. G. von Wald

He could teleport parts from it; he could hold other parts more tightly together by using the same power.
Earth Alert!|Kris Neville

British Dictionary definitions for teleport

teleport

/ (ˈtɛlɪˌpɔːt) /

verb

(tr) (in science fiction) to transport (a person or object) across a distance instantaneously

Derived Formsteleportation, noun

Word Origin for teleport

C20: from tele- + port 5

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Word Origin and History for teleport

teleport

1940, in reference to religious miracles, from tele- + ending from transport. Related: Teleported; teleporter; teleporting.