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transport

/tɹænsˈpɔɹt/

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What does transport mean?

verb

  1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
  2. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

noun

  1. An act of transporting; conveyance.
More meanings (7)

noun

  1. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
  2. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
  3. A tractor-trailer.
  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.

verb

  1. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.

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IPA pronunciation

/tɹænsˈpɔɹt/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/
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The means adopted for the transport of merchandise were as tedious and difficult as those ordinarily employed for the conveyance of passengers.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939
One of the most remarkable facts established by Ernst is that this has not been accomplished by the transport of seeds alone.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
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The Russian officer in charge of the transport lolled back in the front cart, shouting and scolding a soldier with coarse abuse.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
Like a dog to his vomit, I cannot help going back and leaning to accidental means of transport by ice and currents.
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739
Flat-bottomed boats were building in all the ports of Normandy and Brittany, calculated to transport an army of a hundred thousand men.-C.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610