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verb |
| pronunciation: |
traens
port
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| inflections: |
transports, transporting, transported |
| definition: |
to carry from one place to another.
The moving van transported our things to the new house.
- synonyms:
- carry, convey, take, transfer
- similar words:
- bear, cart, deliver, haul, lug, move, send, shift, ship, transmit
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| related words: |
banish, bring, drive, import, pull, wash |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
traens
port
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| definition 1: |
the act of carrying or transporting.
The transport of supplies to the soldiers will require two helicopters.- synonyms:
- delivery, transfer, transportation
- similar words:
- dispatch, removal, shipment, transit
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| definition 2: |
a means of carrying or transporting.
The subway is this city's public transport.- synonyms:
- transportation
- similar words:
- transit
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| definition 3: |
a ship or plane used to carry soldiers and their supplies.
- similar words:
- carrier
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| related words: |
haul, joy, transfer |
| derivations: |
transportable (adj.), transportability (n.), transporter (n.) |
Transport comes from the Latin words portare, which means "carry," and trans, which means "across."
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