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verb
- 1. take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship: "the bulk of freight traffic was transported by truck"
- 2. overwhelm (someone) with a strong emotion, especially joy: "she was transported with pleasure"
noun
- 1. a system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship: "many possess their own forms of transport"
- 2. an overwhelmingly strong emotion: "art can send people into transports of delight"
B1. a vehicle or system of vehicles, such as buses, trains, aircraft, etc for getting from one place to another: He can't drive so he has to rely on public transport. the city's transport system. Fewer examples. One disadvantage of living in the country is the lack of public transport.
transport something (+ adv./prep.) to move something somewhere by means of a natural process synonym carry. The seeds are transported by the wind. Blood transports oxygen around the body. transport somebody (+ adv./prep.) to make somebody feel that they are in a different place, time or situation. The book transports you to another world.
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Transport definition: . See examples of TRANSPORT used in a sentence.
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Etymology
From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportō, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
Verb 1. (Received Pronunciation) enPR: trănspôrtʹ, tränspôrtʹ, IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpɔːt/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔːt/ 2. (General American) enPR: trănspôrtʹ, IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpɔɹt/ 3. (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpo(ː)ɹt/ 4. (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpoət/ 5. Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t, (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oɹt, (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oət 6. Hyphenation: trans‧port Noun 1. (Received Pronunciation) enPR: trăns...
Verb
transport (third-person singular simple present transports, present participle transporting, simple past and past participle transported) 1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey. 1.1. to transport goods; to transporttroops 1.1. 2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53: 1.1.1. 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...
Etymology
From transportar (“to transport”).
Noun
transport m (plural transports) 1. transport
Further reading
1. “transport” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. 2. “transport”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024 3. “transport” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. 4. “transport” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology
From Middle Dutch transport, from Middle French transport, from Old French transport, from transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin transporto, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /trɑnˈspɔrt/, /trɑnsˈpɔrt/ 2. Hyphenation: trans‧port 3. Rhymes: -ɔrt
Noun
transport n (plural transporten, diminutive transportje n) 1. transport
Etymology
Internationalism ultimately from Latin trānsportō.
Pronunciation
1. Hyphenation: trans‧port
Noun
transport (genitive transpordi, partitive transporti) 1. transport 1.1. Synonym: veondus
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ/ 2. Rhymes: -ɔʁ 3. Homophone: transports
Noun
transport m (plural transports) 1. transport
Further reading
1. “transport”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.
Noun
transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transporter, definite plural transportene) 1. transport, transportation
References
1. “transport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Etymology
Borrowed from French transport. First attested in 1661. Compare Silesian transport.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈtran.spɔrt/ 2. (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈtran.spɔrt/ 3. Rhymes: -anspɔrt 4. Syllabification: tran‧sport
Noun
transport m inan 1. transport (act of transporting) 1.1. Synonyms: przewóz, transfer 2. (countable) transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) 3. (countable) load, cargo (that which is transported) 3.1. Synonyms: fracht, ładunek 4. (countable) transport (system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region) 5. (uncountable) transport (branch of the economy dealing with transport) 6. (uncountable) transport (subject of study dealing with transport) 7. (uncounta...
Etymology
Borrowed from French transport.
Noun
transport n (plural transporturi) 1. transport
Noun
trànsport m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нспорт) 1. transport, conveyance 2. transport(vehicle)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Transport.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈtranspɔrt/ 2. Rhymes: -anspɔrt 3. Syllabification: tran‧sport
Noun
transport m inan 1. transport
Definition of transport noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. transport. noun. OPAL W. /ˈtrænspɔːt/ /ˈtrænspɔːrt/ (especially British English) ( North American English usually transportation) [uncountable] a system for carrying people or goods from one place to another using vehicles, roads, etc. air/freight/road transport.
The meaning of TRANSPORT is to transfer or convey from one place to another. How to use transport in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Transport.
