transport
Americanverb (used with object)
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to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
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to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture.
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to send into banishment, especially to a penal colony.
noun
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the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance.
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a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus.
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a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc.
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an airplane carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system.
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a system of public travel.
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strong emotion; ecstatic joy, bliss, etc.
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a convict sent into banishment, especially to a penal colony.
The country had been colonized largely by transports.
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Also called tape transport. Recording. a mechanism that moves magnetic tape past the head in a tape deck or tape recorder.
verb
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to carry or cause to go from one place to another, esp over some distance
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to deport or exile to a penal colony
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(usually passive) to have a strong emotional effect on
noun
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the business or system of transporting goods or people
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( as modifier )
a modernized transport system
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freight vehicles generally
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a vehicle used to transport goods or people, esp lorries or ships used to convey troops
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( as modifier )
a transport plane
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the act of transporting or the state of being transported
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ecstasy, rapture, or any powerful emotion
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a convict sentenced to be transported
Related Words
Other Word Forms
- countertransport noun
- nontransportability noun
- nontransportable adjective
- pretransport verb (used with object)
- transportability noun
- transportable adjective
- transporter noun
- transportive adjective
- untransportable adjective
Etymology
Origin of transport
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English transporten (verb), from Latin trānsportāre “to carry across”; equivalent to trans- + port 5
Example Sentences
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Creaking infrastructure has been compounded by fuel shortages, resulting in a crisis that has disrupted public transport and rubbish collection.
From BBC
The truck was facing away from me, and I could see that it was some kind of transport wagon.
From Literature
Israel's transport minister said the country would gradually reopen its airspace overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, "subject to security developments".
From Barron's
The Strait is a crucial conduit thorough which most Persian Gulf production is transported.
From MarketWatch
He and others transported supplies into Iraq and provided security for private contractors, according to the article, which described a homecoming during which family members were reunited with servicemembers in a church gymnasium.
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