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.

Related Words

• shipment
• shipping
• transit
• transportation