HOW TO PRONOUNCE
transport
/tɹænsˈpɔɹt/
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What does transport mean?
verb
- To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
- (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
noun
- An act of transporting; conveyance.
More meanings (7)
noun
- The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
- A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
- A tractor-trailer.
- The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
- A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
- (historical) A deported convict.
verb
- (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
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IPA pronunciation
/tɹænsˈpɔɹt/
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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.
One of the most remarkable facts established by Ernst is that this has not been accomplished by the transport of seeds alone.
More book examples (3)
The Russian officer in charge of the transport lolled back in the front cart, shouting and scolding a soldier with coarse abuse.
Like a dog to his vomit, I cannot help going back and leaning to accidental means of transport by ice and currents.
Flat-bottomed boats were building in all the ports of Normandy and Brittany, calculated to transport an army of a hundred thousand men.-C.