transported [trans-pawr -tid, -pohr -]
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See more synonyms for transported on Thesaurus.com emotionally moved; ecstatic: transported by the music taken or carried from one place to another. Show More
Origin of transported First recorded in
1590–1600; transport +
-ed2 Related forms trans·port·ed·ly , adverb un·trans·port·ed , adjective transport [verb trans-pawrt , -pohrt ; noun trans -pawrt, -pohrt]
to carry, move, or convey from one place to another. to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture. to send into banishment, especially to a penal colony. Show More
the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance. a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus. a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc. an airplane carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system. a system of public travel. transportation(def 6) .strong emotion; ecstatic joy, bliss, etc. a convict sent into banishment, especially to a penal colony: The country had been colonized largely by transports. Recording tape transport . a mechanism that moves magnetic tape past the head in a tape deck or tape recorder. Show More
Origin of transport 1325–75; Middle English transporten (v.) <
Latin trānsportāre to carry across. See
trans- ,
port5 Related forms trans·port·a·ble , adjective trans·port·a·bil·i·ty , noun trans·port·ive , adjective coun·ter·trans·port , noun non·trans·port·a·bil·i·ty , noun non·trans·port·a·ble , adjective pre·trans·port , verb (used with object) un·trans·port·a·ble , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for transported Contemporary Examples of transported Cosby then allegedly ordered a pre-paid yellow cab that transported Allison home.
He then allegedly picked her up and transported her to another room.
The user is then transported into a 360-degree virtual world.
The man with the skinny tie tells me that the comic book is transported in a manila envelope.
Like at Bull Run, when I am in the presence of those old family letters, I am transported .
Historical Examples of transported He had been caught up and transported from the theatre to the very streets of Verona.
The meat was wrapped in packages, so that it might all be transported to the cabin.
If Hetty could have been transported to the spot, how would her heart have ached!
My opinion then, is, that he wants to be transported , if he is to turn up such a heathen as that!
That silent creature, Madame Maze, was so transported that she spoke the first.
British Dictionary definitions for transported to carry or cause to go from one place to another, esp over some distance to deport or exile to a penal colony (usually passive) to have a strong emotional effect on Show More
the business or system of transporting goods or people (as modifier ) a modernized transport system British freight vehicles generally a vehicle used to transport goods or people, esp lorries or ships used to convey troops (as modifier ) a transport plane the act of transporting or the state of being transported ecstasy, rapture, or any powerful emotion a convict sentenced to be transported Show More
Derived Forms transportable , adjective transportability , noun transporter , noun transportive , adjective Word Origin for transport C14: from Latin transportāre , from trans- + portāre to carry
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Word Origin and History for transported v. late 14c., from Old French transporter "carry or convey across" (14c.), from Latin transportare , from trans- "across" (see trans- ) + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Sense of "carry away with strong feelings" is first recorded c.1500. Meaning "to carry away into banishment" is recorded from 1660s. The noun is attested from mid-15c., originally "mental exaltation;" sense of "means of transportation" is recorded from 1690s.
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The movement or transference of biochemical substances that occurs in biological systems. Show More
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