transport

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin transporto, from trans- (“across”) + porto (“to carry”)

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Verb
  • (UK) enPR: trănzpô(r)t, tränzpô(r)t, IPA: /tɹænzˈpɔː(ɹ)t/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔːt/, SAMPA: /tr{nz"pO:(r)t/, /trA:nz"pO:(r)t/
  • (US) enPR: trănzpôrt, IPA: /tɹænzˈpɔɹt/, SAMPA: /tr{nz"pOrt/
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Noun
  • (UK) enPR: trănz'pô(r)t, tränz'pô(r)t, IPA: /ˈtɹænz.pɔː(ɹ)t/, /ˈtɹɑːnˈspɔːt/, SAMPA: /"tr{nz.pO:(r)t/, /"trA:nz.pO:(r)t/
  • (US) enPR: trănz'pôrt, IPA: /ˈtɹænz.pɔɹt/, SAMPA: /"tr{nz.pOrt/
  • Audio (US)
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[edit] Verb

transport (third-person singular simple present transports, present participle transporting, simple past and past participle transported)

  1. To change the location or place of.
  2. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
  3. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

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change the location of
historical: deport to a penal colony
move someone to strong emotion

[edit] Noun

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Wikipedia transport (countable and uncountable; plural transports)

  1. An act of transporting; conveyance.
  2. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
  3. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
  4. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
  5. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
  6. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
  7. (historical) A deported convict.

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act of transporting
state of being transported by emotion
vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
military: vehicle used to transport troops
public transport — see public transport
device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder
historical: deported convict
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[edit] Noun

transport m. (plural transports)

  1. transport

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trànsport m. (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нспорт)

  1. transport, conveyance
  2. transport (vehicle)

[edit] Declension

    declension of transport
singular plural
nominative transport transporti
genitive transporta transporta
dative transportu transportima
accusative transport transporte
vocative transporte transporti
locative transportu transportima
instrumental transportom transportima

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[edit] Noun

transport c.

  1. a transport, something to be moved
  2. a transport, a preliminary sum to be carried to the next page
  3. a transport, promotion to a new job or task

[edit] Declension

Declension of transport
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative transport transporten transporter transporterna
genitive transports transportens transporters transporternas

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