English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French transporter (“‘carry or convey across’”), from Latin transporto, from trans- (“‘across’”) + porto (“‘to carry’”)

Pronunciation

Verb

• (UK) enPR: trănzpô(r)t, tränzpô(r)t, IPA: /tɹænzˈpɔː(ɹ)t/, /tɹɑːnzˈpɔː(ɹ)t/, SAMPA: /tr{nz"pO:(r)t/, /trA:nz"pO:(r)t/
• (US) enPR: trănzpôrt, IPA: /tɹænzˈpɔɹt/, SAMPA: /tr{nz"pOrt/

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Noun

• (UK) enPR: trănz'pô(r)t, tränz'pô(r)t, IPA: /ˈtɹænz.pɔː(ɹ)t/, /ˈtɹɑːnz.pɔː(ɹ)t/, SAMPA: /"tr{nz.pO:(r)t/, /"trA:nz.pO:(r)t/
• (US) enPR: trănz'pôrt, IPA: /ˈtɹænz.pɔɹt/, SAMPA: /"tr{nz.pOrt/

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Verb

to transport (third-person singular simple present transports, present participle transporting, simple past and past participle transported)

1. To change the location or place of.
2. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
3. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

Synonyms

• (change the location or place of): convey, ferry, move, relocate, shift, ship
• (historical: deport to a penal colony): banish, deport, exile, expatriate, extradite
• (move someone to strong emotion): carry away, enrapture

Translations

Noun

transport (countable and uncountable; plural transports)

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. The system of transporting passengers etc in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
5. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
6. (historical) A deported convict.

Synonyms

• (act of transporting): conveyance, ferrying, moving, relocation, shifting, shipping
• (state of being transported by emotion): rapture
• (military: vehicle used to transport troops):
• (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight):
• (system of transporting people): See public transport
• (device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder):
• (historical: deported convict): deportee, exile, expatriate

Translations

system of transporting people

See public transport

Related terms

• transportability
• transportable
• transportage
• transportation
• transporter
• transportive