transport

[ verb trans-pawrt, -pohrt; noun 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 ( def 6 ).
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. Recording. Also called tape transport. 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

Derived Forms

• transˈportive, adjective
• transˈporter, noun
• ˌtransportaˈbility, noun
• transˈportable, adjective

Other Words From

• trans·porta·ble adjective
• trans·porta·bili·ty noun
• trans·portive adjective
• counter·transport noun
• nontrans·porta·bili·ty noun
• nontrans·porta·ble adjective
• pretrans·port verb (used with object)
• untrans·porta·ble adjective

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

To achieve these improvements, the research team focused on understanding the efficiency and stability losses induced by the hole transport layer which plays an important role in the solar cell performance.

From Science Daily

However, Mr Dujarric said the aid workers were forced to offload all the food supplies and some of the medical supplies they were transporting at an Israeli military checkpoint before reaching the hospital.

From BBC

Both factories are being protected from the cuts, along with Ford’s transport operations division, which is based in Southampton.

From BBC

Many of the rubber inflatable boats used to smuggle migrants across the Channel are manufactured in Turkey and transported over this very border.

From BBC

Water is attracted to the hydrophilic areas and droplets are accumulated and transported through the hydrophobic areas.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• shipment
• shipping
• transit
• transportation