Transport

//tɹænsˈpɔːt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of transporting; conveyance. countable, uncountable

    "The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website."

  2. 2
    the act of moving something from one location to another wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials wordnet
  5. 5
    A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.) countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    something that serves as a means of transportation wordnet
  2. 7
    A tractor-trailer. Canada, countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder wordnet
  4. 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."

  5. 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
  6. 11
    A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion wordnet
  8. 13
    A deported convict. countable, historical, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.

    "to transport goods; to transport troops"

  2. 2
    send from one person or place to another wordnet
  3. 3
    To deport to a penal colony. historical
  4. 4
    move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body wordnet
  5. 5
    To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away. figuratively

    "Music transports the soul."

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  1. 6
    hold spellbound wordnet
  2. 7
    transport commercially wordnet
  3. 8
    move something or somebody around; usually over long distances wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

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