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
Synonym Usage
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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countertransportnoun
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nontransportabilitynoun
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transportabilitynoun
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transporternoun
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pretransportverb (used with object)
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nontransportableadjective
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transportableadjective
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transportiveadjective
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untransportableadjective
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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transportsimple
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transportssimple
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have transportedperfect
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has transportedperfect
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am transportingprogressive
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are transportingprogressive
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is transportingprogressive
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have been transportingperfect progressive
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has been transportingperfect progressive
Past
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transportedsimple
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had transportedperfect
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was transportingprogressive
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were transportingprogressive
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had been transportingperfect progressive
Future
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."
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Find insight on Tesla, Kuehne + Nagel, and more in the latest Market Talks covering the auto and transport sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Burnham's vision for a "nationally integrated public transport system" is considered by the Metro, following the announcement of a reduction in the national cap on most bus fares in England.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Since bringing the festival back last year to celebrate its 30-year anniversary, he’s switched his mode of transport from buses to planes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Find insight on Cathay Pacific, Daimler Truck, Alstom and more in the latest Market Talks covering the auto and transport sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The port—where ships dock, load and unload supplies, and transport raw materials— is essential to the Japanese, and a tour of the area is the only way for her to discern what they’re up to.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Industries in particular they flagged as beneficiaries, where strong earnings revisions are seemingly underappreciated, were consumer discretionary goods and transports.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
According to the study, the collision between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates gradually transports these pockets of magma toward the surface.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Shine a Light,” accented with Billy Preston’s piano and organ, transports listeners to a higher place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Cammell Laird, for instance, now builds the bow sections for the Type 26 frigates and transports them on barges from their Birkenhead base to Govan on the Clyde.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
They tell a miniature story: In the first, a tram has just arrived, a streetcar, repurposed for these transports.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
After she was bit, Addy’s mother rushed her to a nearby grocery store parking lot, where they met an ambulance that transported the child to a local hospital, the child’s father, Manuel, told KTLA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Osborne praised the "French and British experts" who transported the tapestry from Bayeux Museum in Normandy to London.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Walk into any Shabbos-observant neighborhood on a Saturday and you’ll find yourself transported into a world many assumed no longer existed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Some coffins were loaded into the back of ambulances to be transported to the home provinces of the deceased.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
In an instant Tamika would be swallowed in a poof of thick smoke and transported to another dimension, leaving only her silly fake flower charred on the driveway.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
While behind the wheel, the suspect allegedly struck a Long Beach Fire Department vehicle that was transporting a patient, the Police Department said in an emailed statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
In this book of striking insights, the most transporting come during the detailed analyses of great paintings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Under the restrictive measures, EU individuals and companies are prohibited from purchasing, importing or transporting gold originating in Sudan.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Since then, several technical studies and two test trips with a full-scale reproduction of the tapestry have been undertaken to meet the logistical challenge of transporting a work as delicate as lace.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Amity own about a dozen trucks that they use for transporting goods, but they only do that on weekends.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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