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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : verb trans-pawrt, -pohrt; noun trans-pawrt, -pohrt
Phonetic Transcription : verb trænsˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt; noun ˈtræns pɔrt, -poʊrt



Definition of transport

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French transporter "carry or convey across" (14c.), from Latin transportare, from trans- "across" (see trans-) + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Sense of "carry away with strong feelings" is first recorded c.1500. Meaning "to carry away into banishment" is recorded from 1660s. The noun is attested from mid-15c., originally "mental exaltation;" sense of "means of transportation" is recorded from 1690s.
  • noun move, transfer
  • noun delight
  • verb move, transfer
  • verb exile
  • verb captivate, delight
Example sentences :
  • He also procured a couple of mules to transport his baggage.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • Indents had to be made out for transport, rations and ammunition.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • It was a morning of unequalled delight approaching to transport.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Provision had, therefore, to be made for the requisite means of transport.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • It's about the only way we could transport it, as the trails are too narrow for a wagon.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • Manifestly it is impossible for him to transport the entire sum of his worldly effects.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • It is proposed to transport passengers by means of the pneumatic tunnel.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various
  • Their gunboat Marmaris was sunk, and the transport Masul captured.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • Then she, with both hands, raised his face to her lips in a transport of passion.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Then without a word, in a transport as it were, he tried to seize hold of her and press her in his arms.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

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