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transport

[ verb trans-pawrt, -pohrt; noun trans-pawrt, -pohrt ]
/ verb trænsˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt; noun ˈtræns pɔrt, -poʊrt /
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verb (used with object)
noun
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Origin of transport

1325–75; Middle English transporten (v.) <Latin trānsportāre to carry across. See trans-, port5

synonym study for transport

1. See carry. 10. See ecstasy.

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British Dictionary definitions for transport

transport

verb (trænsˈpɔːt) (tr)
noun (ˈtrænsˌpɔːt)

Derived forms of transport

transportable, adjectivetransportability, nountransporter, nountransportive, adjective

Word Origin for transport

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