transport
Americanverb (used with object)
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transports,
present (3rd person singular)
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transported,
past participle, past
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transporting
present participle
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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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According to Madagascar's anti-corruption unit, participants included then transport minister Valery Ramonjavelo; the head of the country's civil aviation authority, Gervais Damasy; Khushwinder; and Iranian national Hamid Arabnejad.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Find insight on Volvo Car, Tesla and more in the latest Market Talks covering the auto and transport sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Find insight on American Airlines, Renk and more in the latest Market Talks covering the auto and transport sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Winds of this strength will blow some trees over, bringing a significant risk of transport disruption and there may also be some power cuts.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
I never had very much money, and after a day or two looking for transport, I always ran out.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
It has a deep convection zone that transports carbon from its interior to its surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
A street serves as a location for destinations like businesses and homes, while a road transports people at high speeds between destinations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz, which typically transports around a fifth of the world's oil and gas, has pushed up the price of products made from oil.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Augustus Hoovestal transports around 25 cats to the Simi Valley Non-Profit Spay and Neuter Clinic for treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
We clambered down to the transports, and with mouths set and oars in our hands, we faced the docks and the enemy.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Alternative routes to export Iranian oil that don’t go through the Strait of Hormuz, like trucking oil overland, won’t come close to replacing the oil transported by sea, according to analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
They then transported the containers to a laboratory for X-ray computed tomography, or XCT scanning.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
They are currently extracted by Chinese companies with long experience of operating in these lawless borderlands, and transported over the border to China for processing.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Citizens made their way around the community only by bicycle, but large deliveries were transported by trucks, and sometimes maintenance required heavy equipment.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
Standing charges cover costs such as transporting energy to homes via pipes and wires, and the upkeep of that infrastructure.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The spacecraft is also transporting equipment for several scientific investigations that could lead to important advances in medicine and materials science.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Diesel prices have soared even more, by 67.7 percent, boosting the cost of transporting goods and threatening further spillovers to consumers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
YouTube doesn’t allow livestreaming of anyone “holding, handling, or transporting a firearm.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Nothing is said about the possibility of transporting bacteria, by rag or by hand, from bathroom to kitchen or even from one house to the next.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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