transport

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

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/, X-SAMPA: /tr{nz"pO:(r)t/, /trA:nz"pO:(r)t/
  • (US) enPR: trănzpôrt, IPA: /tɹænzˈpɔɹt/, X-SAMPA: /tr{nz"pOrt/
  • (file)
Noun
  • (UK) enPR: trănz'pô(r)t, tränz'pô(r)t, IPA: /ˈtɹænz.pɔː(ɹ)t/, /ˈtɹɑːnˈspɔːt/, X-SAMPA: /"tr{nz.pO:(r)t/, /"trA:nz.pO:(r)t/
  • (US) enPR: trănz'pôrt, IPA: /ˈtɹænz.pɔɹt/, X-SAMPA: /"tr{nz.pOrt/
  • (file)

Verb [edit]

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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Noun [edit]

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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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Noun [edit]

transport m (plural transports)

  1. transport

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Noun [edit]

trànsport m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нспорт)

  1. transport, conveyance
  2. transport (vehicle)

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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

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