transport
pronunciation
How to pronounce transport in British English:
UK [ˈtrænspɔːt , trænˈspɔːt]
How to pronounce transport in American English:
US [ˈtrænspɔːrt , trænˈspɔːrt]
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- Noun:
- something that serves as a means of transportation
- an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
- the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
- a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
- a mechanism that transport magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
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- Verb:
- move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- hold spellbound
- transport commercially
- send from one person or place to another
Word Origin
- transport (v.)
- late 14c., "convey from one place to another," from Old French transporter "carry or convey across; overwhelm (emotionally)" (14c.) or directly from Latin transportare "carry over, take across, convey, remove," 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.
- transport (n.)
- mid-15c., originally "mental exaltation;" sense of "means of transportation, carriage, conveyance" is recorded from 1690s; from transport (v.).
Example
- 1. Transport agencies announce helicopter flights by e-mail .
- 2. She also urged the greater use of public transport .
- 3. This change in shape affects the cell 's ability to transport oxygen .
- 4. Two military transport planes were being prepared .
- 5. He would prefer to go by train , but he often has boxes of samples to transport .