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transport definition

trans·port (trans pôrt′; also, and for n. always, trans′pôrt′)

transitive verb

  1. to carry from one place to another, esp. over long distances
  2. to carry away with emotion; enrapture; entrance
  3. to carry off to a penal colony, etc.; banish; deport

Etymology: ME transporten < MFr transporter < L transportare, to carry across < trans-, over, across + portare, to carry: see port

noun

  1. the act, process, or means of transporting; transportation; conveyance
  2. strong emotion, esp. of delight or joy; rapture
  3. a ship, airplane, train, etc. used to transport soldiers, freight, etc.
  4. a convict sentenced to transportation

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transport Synonyms

transport

n.

  1. Vehicle

    carrier, common carrier, conveyor, mover; see transportation.

    Means of transport include: railroad, train, transcontinental railroad, airline, airplane, supersonic airplane, car, automobile, van, taxicab, limousine, truck, bus, steamship; cargo boat, freighter, tanker, troop ship, transport plane, liner, ferryboat, barge, raft, streetcar, ship, trolley car, subway, underground railroad, elevated railroad, wagon, cart, carriage, sled, bicycle, motorcycle, motorscooter, monorail, cablecar, helicopter.

  2. State of ecstasy

    ecstasy, bliss, rapture; see rapture. See syn. study at rapture.


transport

v.

  1. To carry

    convey, move, bring; see carry 1.

  2. To banish

    deport, exile, expatriate; see banish 1. See syn. study at banish, carry.


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transport Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • serve: Cars4U will also be a lifeline for people living in rural Richmondshire who need to get to places not served by public transport.

Converse of object

  • arrange: We arrange transport for over 1500 school children each day.

Adjective modifier

  • public: We advise students to use public transport or to arrive early.

Modifies a noun

  • infrastructure: The LDDC has, in contrast, been successful at compressing the lead times for transport infrastructure, using its CPO powers.

Noun used with modifier

  • sediment: A new optical device was developed for continuously measuring the rate of sediment transport in the system.
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transport quotes

What are men to rocks and mountains? Oh! what hours of transport we shall spend! And when we do return, it shall not be like other travellers, without being able to give one accurate idea of anything.We will know where we have goneöwe will recollect what we have seen. Lakes, mountains, and rivers, shall not be jumbled together in our imaginations; nor, when we attempt to describe any particular scene, will we begin quarrelling about its relative situation.

-Austen,Jane

Musicians wrestle everywhereö All dayöamong the crowded air I hear the silver strifeö Andöwakingölong before the mornö Such transport breaks upon the town I think it that 'New Life!'

-Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth

   You define your own horror journey, according to your taste. My definition of what makes a journey wholly or partially horrible is boredom. Add discomfort, fatigue, strain in large amounts to get the purest-quality horror, but the kernel is boredom. I offer that as a universal test of travel; boredom, called byanyother name, iswhy you yearn for the first available transport out.But what bores whom?† The threshold of boredom must be like the threshold of pain, different in all of us.

-Gellhorn, Martha Ellis

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