transport

American  

[trans-pawrt, -pohrt, trans-pawrt, -pohrt] / trænsˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈtræns pɔrt, -poʊrt /

verb (used with object)

• transports,
  present (3rd person singular)
• transported,
  past participle,  past
• transporting
  present participle

1. 

   to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.

2. to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture.

3. to send into banishment, especially to a penal colony.

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noun

1. the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance.

2. a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus.

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

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

5. a system of public travel.

6. transportation.

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

   Synonyms:

   happiness, rapture

8. a convict sent into banishment, especially to a penal colony.

   The country had been colonized largely by transports.

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

transport British  

verb

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

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

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noun

1. 1. the business or system of transporting goods or people

   2. ( as modifier )

      a modernized transport system

2. freight vehicles generally

3. 1. a vehicle used to transport goods or people, esp lorries or ships used to convey troops

   2. ( as modifier )

      a transport plane

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

5. ecstasy, rapture, or any powerful emotion

6. a convict sentenced to be transported

Synonym Usage

See carry. See ecstasy.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• countertransport
  noun
• nontransportability
  noun
• transportability
  noun
• transporter
  noun
• pretransport
  verb (used with object)
• nontransportable
  adjective
• transportable
  adjective
• transportive
  adjective
• untransportable
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Participles

• transporting
  present
• transported
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• transport
  simple
• transports
  simple
• have transported
  perfect
• has transported
  perfect
• am transporting
  progressive
• are transporting
  progressive
• is transporting
  progressive
• have been transporting
  perfect progressive
• has been transporting
  perfect progressive

Past

• transported
  simple
• had transported
  perfect
• was transporting
  progressive
• were transporting
  progressive
• had been transporting
  perfect progressive

Future

• will transport
  simple
• will have transported
  perfect
• will be transporting
  progressive
• will have been transporting
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of transport

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English transporten (verb), from Latin trānsportāre “to carry across”; equivalent to trans- + port ⁵

Explanation

Transport means to move something, often large quantities of commercial products, over great distances. Container ships transport goods made in China to the U.S., where they will be sold. A pipeline can transport oil. A school bus transports children. Soldiers get their postings but then must wait for news of their transport. If you are in a hurry to get something to market, you might consider using air transport, though that's expensive. Transport is from Latin words meaning "carry across."

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

transport transports transported transporting

The wars in Iran and Ukraine have laid bare the fragility of energy supply chains, and Greece is positioning itself to become a key hub in southeastern Europe for natural gas transport.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Scottish government would do more, she said, by expanding breakfast clubs for children and investing more than £40m in improving access to transport and skills for parents.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Texas agriculture and freight run on diesel,” he said in a statement relaxing state transport and fuel regulations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I like my peace whenever I'm on public transport.''

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

I try to transport myself back to one of the times that I enjoyed the ride, but it’s just not the same.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Ineos operates the Forties pipeline which transports about 30% of the UK's North Sea oil.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

There’s also an immense amount of drama to the sport; leaning into that truly transports the student away from a club experience and into a kind of delicious, LARP-y fugue state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Papperger said he expected the deal to be around 12.4 billion for the vehicles, primarily used as troop transports, and an additional service contract.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

The exhibition transports visitors there in the next gallery via another large-scale animated projection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

The straw is filthy and has obviously not been changed for many transports.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

But what would your plan be if you were transported to the Scottish Highlands for the ultimate game of social politics?

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Earlier in the clip, a police officer is heard explaining that Milania had been released from a Baker Act facility and was being transported to a rehabilitation facility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Only around five percent of goods are transported by river in Germany.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is a key waterway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil is transported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Perhaps a speculative novel where the main character is an archaeologist digging for bronzes who is then transported to an idyllic past?

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It was unclear if it was transporting Pike.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The tracks were muddy and slippery, and the family had no way of transporting her.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

At one point, the man who created such transporting excursions into grace as the Opus 39 Waltzes had to scrounge around for his own piano.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Black holes are key drivers of gas flows and motion in space, transporting vast amounts of energy to different regions of the cosmos."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

The blankets must be covering what she's really transporting: documents, ration cards, maybe even a pile of money to pay off an inside man.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

Related Words

• bring
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• haul
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• pack
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