transport

[ verb trans-pawrt, -pohrt; noun trans-pawrt, -pohrt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.

  2. to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture.

  1. 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.

  1. a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc.

  2. an airplane carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system.

  3. a system of public travel.

  4. strong emotion; ecstatic joy, bliss, etc.

  5. a convict sent into banishment, especially to a penal colony: The country had been colonized largely by transports.

  6. Recording.Also called tape transport. a mechanism that moves magnetic tape past the head in a tape deck or tape recorder.

Origin of transport

1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English transporten (verb), from Latin trānsportāre “to carry across”; equivalent to trans- + port5

synonym study For transport

1. See carry. 10. See ecstasy.

Other words for transport

Other words from transport

  • trans·port·a·ble, adjective
  • trans·port·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • trans·port·ive, adjective
  • coun·ter·trans·port, noun
  • non·trans·port·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·trans·port·a·ble, adjective
  • pre·trans·port, verb (used with object)
  • un·trans·port·a·ble, adjective

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How to use transport in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for transport

transport

verb(trænsˈpɔːt) (tr)
  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

  1. (usually passive) to have a strong emotional effect on

noun(ˈtrænsˌpɔːt)
    • the business or system of transporting goods or people

    • (as modifier): a modernized transport system

  1. British freight vehicles generally

    • a vehicle used to transport goods or people, esp lorries or ships used to convey troops

    • (as modifier): a transport plane

  1. the act of transporting or the state of being transported

  2. ecstasy, rapture, or any powerful emotion

  3. a convict sentenced to be transported

Origin of transport

1
C14: from Latin transportāre, from trans- + portāre to carry

Derived forms of transport

  • transportable, adjective
  • transportability, noun
  • transporter, noun
  • transportive, adjective

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