teleport

[tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt]

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verb (used with object)

to transport (a body) by telekinesis.

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]

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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Related Words for teleport

beam, broadcast, emit, send, transmit

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Historical Examples of teleport

But how close to a teleport did the things he carried have to be?
Out Like a Light
Gordon Randall Garrett
Couldn't you just tell me where your superiors are and let me teleport there?
Fair and Warmer
E. G. von Wald
Just as you learned to teleport, you can learn to be a telepath.
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
They're just finding out their powers—one is a telepath, another levitates, a third is a teleport.
What Rough Beast?
Jefferson Highe

British Dictionary definitions for teleport

teleport

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

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