transport

/trænspɔ:t/
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transport

A large cargo ship transports containers across the ocean.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The act or process of moving people or goods from one place to another: "Transport" refers to the system or industry involved in moving passengers or cargo.
    • A vehicle or system of vehicles used for this purpose: "Transport" can also mean a specific means of conveyance, such as a bus, ship, or aircraft.
    • An overwhelming emotional experience: In a figurative sense, "transport" describes a state of intense feeling or rapture.
    • A mechanism for moving something within a machine: In technology, "transport" refers to a device that moves components, like tape in a recorder.

  2. Verb:

    • To carry or move people or goods from one place to another: The primary meaning is to convey something over a distance.
    • To cause someone to feel strong emotion, especially delight: To fill someone with overwhelming feeling.
    • To move something or someone around, often over long distances: This emphasizes the action of relocation.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • Public transport in the city is very efficient. (The system for moving people is efficient.)
    • The army used trucks for transport. (The trucks were the means of conveyance.)
    • She was in a transport of joy upon hearing the news. (She was in a state of intense joy.)

  • Verb:

    • This pipeline will transport natural gas across the country. (It will carry the gas.)
    • The beautiful symphony transported the audience. (It filled the audience with intense emotion.)
    • The company transports goods internationally. (It moves goods over long distances.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Transport of delight": A state of great joy or rapture.
    • The perfect performance sent him into a transport of delight.
  • "Transport network": The interconnected system of roads, rails, etc., for moving people and goods.
    • The country is investing in its transport network.
Variants and Related Words
  • Transportation (n): The action or business of transporting; often used interchangeably with "transport" as a noun in American English.
    • The transportation of hazardous materials is regulated.
  • Transporter (n): A person or company that transports goods; also, a large vehicle for carrying goods.
    • He works as a freight transporter.
  • Transportable (adj): Capable of being transported.
    • The device is lightweight and easily transportable.
Synonyms
  • Convey: To transport or carry to a place.
  • Ship: To send (goods) by sea or other means.
  • Carry: To support and move someone or something from one place to another.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Transport" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. The action is typically expressed with prepositions like "to" or "across.")

Related Idioms
  • To be transported (with something): To be overcome with a powerful emotion.
    • She was transported with grief at the loss.
  • Means of transport: A method or vehicle for traveling or moving goods.
    • What is your preferred means of transport?
transport

A large cargo ship transports containers across the ocean.

Noun
  1. the act of moving something from one location to another
  2. a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
  3. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
    • listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture- Charles Dickens
  4. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
  5. an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
  6. something that serves as a means of transportation
Verb
  1. send from one person or place to another
    • transmit a message
  2. transport commercially
  3. hold spellbound
  4. move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
    • You must carry your camping gear
    • carry the suitcases to the car
    • This train is carrying nuclear waste
    • These pipes carry waste water into the river
  5. move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

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