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

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/
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French transporter or Latin transportare, from trans- ‘across’ + portare ‘carry’.
See transport in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee transport in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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