transport

[trans-pawrt, -pohrt, trans-pawrt, -pohrt]

verb (used with object)

1. to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.

2. to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture.

3. to send into banishment, especially to a penal colony.

noun

1. the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance.

2. a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus.

3. a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc.

4. an airplane carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system.

5. a system of public travel.

6. transportation.

7. strong emotion; ecstatic joy, bliss, etc.

   Synonyms: happiness, rapture

8. a convict sent into banishment, especially to a penal colony.

   The country had been colonized largely by transports.

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

transport

verb

1. to carry or cause to go from one place to another, esp over some distance

2. to deport or exile to a penal colony

3. (usually passive) to have a strong emotional effect on

noun

1. 1. the business or system of transporting goods or people

   2. ( as modifier )

      a modernized transport system

2. freight vehicles generally

3. 1. a vehicle used to transport goods or people, esp lorries or ships used to convey troops

   2. ( as modifier )

      a transport plane

4. the act of transporting or the state of being transported

5. ecstasy, rapture, or any powerful emotion

6. a convict sentenced to be transported

Other Word Forms

• transportable adjective
• transportability noun
• transportive adjective
• countertransport noun
• nontransportability noun
• nontransportable adjective
• pretransport verb (used with object)
• untransportable adjective
• transporter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of transport¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English transporten (verb), from Latin trānsportāre “to carry across”; equivalent to trans- + port ⁵

Word History and Origins

Origin of transport¹

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

Synonym Study

See carry. See ecstasy.

Example Sentences

The 140-year-old funicular is designed to travel up and down Lisbon's steep slopes, and is an important form of transport for the city's residents - and a popular tourist attraction.

From BBC

The U.S. government is justifying its lethal destruction of a boat suspected of transporting illegal drugs in the Caribbean as an attack on “narco-terrorists.”

From Salon

Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were transported to the hospital Saturday afternoon in Van Nuys, city police and fire officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

Each sip and bite of boozy lychee transported me back to those slow summer days spent feasting on fresh fruit to my heart’s content.

From Salon

"It could have been any one of us - all of us used this kind of transport and we felt very confident in it," said Tania, another worker at the charity.

From BBC

Related Words

• bring 
• carry 
• ferry 
• haul 
• lug 
• pack 
• remove 
• ride 
• ship 
• take