English Explanatory Dictionary

transport

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
  2. To deport to a penal colony.
  3. To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
noun
  1. An act of transporting; conveyance.
  2. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
  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.
  6. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
  7. A deported convict.

Pronunciation

trănspôrtʹ tränspôrtʹ /tɹænsˈpɔːt/ /tɹɑːnˈspɔːt/ /tɹænsˈpɔɹt/ /tɹeə̯nsˈpɔɹt/ /tɹɛə̯nsˈpɔɹt/ /ˈtɹænsˈpo(ː)ɹt/ /ˈtɹænsˈpoət/ en-us-transport-verb.ogg trănsʹpôrt tränsʹpôrt /ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/ /ˈtɹɑːnspɔːt/ /ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/ /ˈtɹeə̯ns.pɔɹt/ /ˈtɹɛə̯ns.pɔɹt/ /ˈtɹæns.po(ː)ɹt/ /ˈtɹæns.poət/ en-us-transport-noun.ogg

Word forms

transport transports transporting transported no-table-tags glossary transportest transportedst transporteth

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”).

Synonyms

deport extradite exile expatriate convey ferry move relocate shift ship banish carry away enrapture conveyance ferrying moving relocation rapture public transport deportee

Related words

antitransport transportability transportable transportage transportation transporter transportive

Derived words

active transport air transport auto transport truck copper transport disease cyber transport cyber transport system cyber transport systems light rail transport system means of transport Metropolis light transport mode of transport parallel transport public transport rail transport transport caf transport café transport interchange transport poverty transport protein transport rider transport safety board transport ship transport stage transport tetany transport vesicle
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