transport

[trans-pawrt, -pohrt, trans-pawrt, -pohrt]

verb (used with object)

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.

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

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

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

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of transport¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of transport¹

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

Synonym Study

See carry. See ecstasy.

Example Sentences

Cornwall Council has confirmed that a number of emails relating to school transport assistance were sent in error to the wrong recipients.

From BBC

The Gen Z protesters were joined by transport workers who say that the government is not doing enough to combat extortion.

From BBC

One former council member is facing federal charges of transporting hazardous waste.

From Los Angeles Times

Paramedics transported one woman in critical condition and two in serious condition to a regional trauma center, according to the agency.

From Los Angeles Times

Denmark has banned all civilian drone flights this week ahead of a European Union summit in Copenhagen, the country's transport minister said on Sunday.

From BBC

Related Words

• bring 
• carry 
• ferry 
• haul 
• lug 
• pack 
• remove 
• ride 
• ship 
• take