transported

[ trans-pawr-tid, -pohr- ]

/ trænsˈpɔr tɪd, -ˈpoʊr- /

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adjective

emotionally moved; ecstatic: transported by the music

taken or carried from one place to another.

RELATED WORDS

transferred, conveyed

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Origin of transported

First recorded in 1590–1600; transport + -ed²

Related formstrans·port·ed·ly, adverbun·trans·port·ed, adjective

transport

[ verb trans-pawrt, -pohrt; noun trans-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ verb trænsˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt; noun ˈtræns pɔrt, -poʊrt /

verb (used with object)

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.

noun

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. Also called tape transport. a mechanism that moves magnetic tape past the head in a tape deck or tape recorder.

Origin of transport

1325–75; Middle English transporten (v.) < Latin trānsportāre to carry across. See trans-, port⁵

SYNONYMS FOR transport

10. rapture, happiness.

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Related forms

trans·port·a·ble, adjectivetrans·port·a·bil·i·ty, nountrans·port·ive, adjectivecoun·ter·trans·port, noun

non·trans·port·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·trans·port·a·ble, adjectivepre·trans·port, verb (used with object)un·trans·port·a·ble, adjective

Synonym study

1. See carry. 10. See ecstasy.

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The man with the skinny tie tells me that the comic book is transported in a manila envelope.
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Like at Bull Run, when I am in the presence of those old family letters, I am transported.
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The Youth was transported with joy, and married her that very day.
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As four hundred and one persons were transported, a very small number indeed obtained deliverance either by death or pardon.
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The matter is settled, then; the aristocratic newspaper writer will be transported from the country, and that is the end of it.
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Nearly four million men had to be transported from every part of the empire to her borders.
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And that the people should be transported if they go out by night to catch the game that they pay for feeding!
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British Dictionary definitions for transported

transport

verb (trænsˈpɔːt) (tr)

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

noun (ˈtrænsˌpɔːt)

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

Derived Formstransportable, adjectivetransportability, nountransporter, nountransportive, adjective

Word Origin for transport

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

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Word Origin and History for transported

transport

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.

Medicine definitions for transported

transport

[ trăns′pôrt′ ]

n.

The movement or transference of biochemical substances that occurs in biological systems.

transported

adjective

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