teleport

English

Etymology

Back-formation from teleportation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛləpɔː(ɹ)t/

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Verb

teleport (third-person singular simple present teleports, present participle teleporting, simple past and past participle teleported)

1. (intransitive) To travel, often instantaneously, from one point to another without physically crossing the distance between the two points.
   • 1980, Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:

     I teleported home one night
     With Ron and Sid and Meg.
     Ron stole Meggie's heart away
     And I got Sidney's leg.

2. (transitive) To move (an object) in this fashion, as by telekinesis.

Synonyms

• (to travel from one point to another without physically crossing the distance): beam

Related terms

• teleportation
• teleporter
• unteleported

Translations

travel without physically crossing distance

• Czech: teleportovat
• Dutch: teleporteren
• Finnish: kaukosiirtyä, etäsiirtyä, teleportata (slang)
• French: téléporter (fr)
• German: teleportieren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: teletrasportare (it)
• Portuguese: teletransportar, teleportar
• Swedish: teleportera (sv)
• Turkish: ışınlanmak (tr)

move an object by teleportation

• Finnish: kaukosiirtää, etäsiirtää, teleportata (slang)
• German: teleportieren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: teleporta

Noun

teleport (plural teleports)

1. (science fiction) A teleporter.
2. A satellite ground station.
   • 2004, D. K. Sachdev, Business Strategies For Satellite Systems, page 131:

     Teleports provide access to multiple satellites and other media as well. Independently owned teleports may also provide competitive access to different satellite systems.

Anagrams

• treeplot