What does "transport" mean?
An act of transporting; conveyance.
Transport
/tɹænsˈpɔːt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An act of transporting; conveyance.
- Grammar: transport is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: conveyance, ecstasy, rapture, transfer.
- Useful contrasts: apathy, bore, calm.
- Usage evidence: After all, their form of transport produces no pollution at all.
How to use "transport"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act of transporting; conveyance. countable, uncountable
"The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website."
- 2 the act of moving something from one location to another wordnet
- 3 The state of being transported by emotion; rapture. countable, uncountable
"In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats."
- 4 the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials wordnet
- 5 A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.) countable, uncountable
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- 6 something that serves as a means of transportation wordnet
- 7 A tractor-trailer. Canada, countable, uncountable
- 8 a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder wordnet
- 9 The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system. countable, uncountable
"The local transport received a big boost as part of the mayor's infrastructural plans."
- 10 an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes wordnet
- 11 A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc. countable, uncountable
- 12 a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion wordnet
- 13 A deported convict. countable, historical, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
"to transport goods; to transport troops"
- 2 send from one person or place to another wordnet
- 3 To deport to a penal colony. historical
- 4 move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body wordnet
- 5 To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away. figuratively
"Music transports the soul."
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- 6 hold spellbound wordnet
- 7 transport commercially wordnet
- 8 move something or somebody around; usually over long distances wordnet
Antonyms
Example
"After all, their form of transport produces no pollution at all."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "transport"?
Common synonyms include: conveyance, ecstasy, rapture, transfer, abandon, admiration.
How do you use "transport" in a sentence?
After all, their form of transport produces no pollution at all.
How do you pronounce "transport"?
Pronounced /tɹænsˈpɔːt/.
Etymology
From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportō, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”).