transport
nounUK /ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/ · US /ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportāre (“to carry over, take across, carry, convey, remove, transport”), from trāns- (“across, over, to the farther side of”) + portō (“to bear, carry, convey, take”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”).
7 senses
An act of transporting; conveyance.
- The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.
The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
- In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats.1919, Elisabeth P. Stork (translator), Heidi, Johanna Spyri, page 53
A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
Canada A tractor-trailer.
The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
- The local transport received a big boost as part of the mayor's infrastructural plans.
A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
Historical A deported convict.
- Synonyms
- conveyance, ferrying, moving, relocation, shifting, shipping, rapture, [Term?], see: public transport, deportee, exile, expatriate
- Derived terms
47 terms
active transport, air transport, auto transport truck, biotransport, chemotransport, copper transport disease, cotransport, countertransport, cyber transport, cyber transport system, cyber transport systems, electrotransport, hydrotransport, light rail transport system, magnetotransport, means of transport, Metropolis light transport, mistransport, mode of transport, nanotransport, paleotransport, parallel transport, pretransport, public transport, rail transport, retransport, retrotransport, teletransport, thermotransport, transportal, transportance, transportant, transport caf, transport café, transportin, transport interchange, transportless, transportment, transportome, transport poverty, transport protein, transport rider, transport safety board, transport ship, transport stage, transport tetany, transport vesicle- Related terms
- antitransport, transportability, transportable, transportage, transportation, transporter, transportive