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Definition of transplant verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

transplant

verb
 
/trænsˈplɑːnt/
 
/trænsˈplænt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they transplant
 
/trænsˈplɑːnt/
 
/trænsˈplænt/
he / she / it transplants
 
/trænsˈplɑːnts/
 
/trænsˈplænts/
past simple transplanted
 
/trænsˈplɑːntɪd/
 
/trænsˈplæntɪd/
past participle transplanted
 
/trænsˈplɑːntɪd/
 
/trænsˈplæntɪd/
-ing form transplanting
 
/trænsˈplɑːntɪŋ/
 
/trænsˈplæntɪŋ/
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  1. transplant something (from somebody/something) (into somebody/something) to take an organ, skin, etc. from one person, animal, part of the body, etc. and put it into or onto another
    • Surgeons have successfully transplanted a liver into a four-year-old boy.
    • Patients often reject transplanted organs.
    • Organs are transplanted from donors into patients who need them.
    compare implantTopics Healthcareb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • successfully
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    • to
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  2. transplant something to move a growing plant and plant it somewhere else
    • The Dutch successfully transplanted trees to the East Indies.
    Topics Gardensc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • successfully
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    • to
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  3. transplant somebody/something (from…) (to/into…) (formal) to move somebody/something to a different place or environment
    • Japanese production methods have been transplanted into some British factories.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • successfully
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    • to
    See full entry
  4. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb describing the repositioning of a plant): from late Latin transplantare, from Latin trans- ‘across’ + plantare ‘to plant’. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.
See transplant in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee transplant in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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