transport
verb/trænˈspɔːt/
/trænˈspɔːrt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transport | /trænˈspɔːt/ /trænˈspɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it transports | /trænˈspɔːts/ /trænˈspɔːrts/ |
| past simple transported | /trænˈspɔːtɪd/ /trænˈspɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle transported | /trænˈspɔːtɪd/ /trænˈspɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form transporting | /trænˈspɔːtɪŋ/ /trænˈspɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- transport something/somebody to take something/somebody from one place to another in a vehicle
- to transport goods/passengers
- transport something/somebody + adv./prep. He collapsed and was immediately transported to hospital.
- Most of our luggage was transported by sea.
- Cattle could be transported by rail to any part of the country.
Extra Examples- Our furniture can easily be transported from the shop to your home.
- The animals are transported in trucks, often without being fed or watered for days.
- Too many goods are currently being transported by road.
- transport something (+ adv./prep.) to move something somewhere by means of a natural process synonym carry
- The seeds are transported by the wind.
- Blood transports oxygen around the body.
- transport somebody (+ adv./prep.) to make somebody feel that they are in a different place, time or situation
- The book transports you to another world.
- transport somebody (+ adv./prep.) (in the past) to send somebody to a far away place as a punishment
- British convicts were transported to Australia for life.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French transporter or Latin transportare, from trans- ‘across’ + portare ‘carry’.
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