transport
verbnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈtɹæns.pɔːt//
- United Kingdom//tɹɑːnˈspɔːt//
- United States//ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt//
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
verb
- 1
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
to transport goods; to transport troops
But the village's growth was curbed by the cliffs that restricted onward exploration for visitors, while goods such as coal and lime, which had arrived by water, were being transported up the severe incline to the town of Lynton by horse and cart.
- 2
historicalTo deport to a penal colony.
- 3
figurativeTo move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
Music transports the soul.
Thes. Pray you kneele not, I was transported with your Speech, and suffer'd Your knees to wrong themselves; I have heard the fortunes Of your dead Lords, which gives me such lamenting As wakes my vengeance, and revenge for 'em.
[They] laugh as if transported with some fit / Of passion.
We shall then be transported with a nobler […] wonder.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Inherited from Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportāre (“to carry over, take across, carry, convey, remove, transport”), from trāns- (“across, over, to the farther side of”) + portō (“to bear, carry, convey, take”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”).
noun
- 1
An act of transporting; conveyance.
The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.
- 2
The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats.
- 3
A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
- 4
A tractor-trailer.
- 5
The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
The local transport received a big boost as part of the mayor's infrastructural plans.
- 6
A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
- 7
historicalA deported convict.
Forms
- plural
- transports
- past tense
- transported
- past participle
- transported
- present participle
- transporting
- third person singular
- transports
transport · To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
transportation · The act of transporting, or the state of being transported;…transported · subjected to transportationtransporter · One who, or that which transports. A long truck or lorry for…