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| trans·port [ transs páwrt ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle trans·port·ed, present participle trans·port·ing, 3rd person present singular trans·ports) |
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1. transportation carry somebody or something: to carry somebody or something from one place to another, usually in a vehicle
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2. make somebody imagine being elsewhere: to take somebody on a mental or imaginative journey to another place or time
 The sounds of the game transported him back to his youth.
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3. affect somebody with strong emotion: to put somebody in a state of intense or uncontrollable emotion, especially joy
 She was transported with joy.
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4. history send somebody to penal colony: to exile somebody to a penal colony
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noun (plural trans·ports) |
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1. U.K. transportation Same as transportation (sense 1) (sense 2)
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2. military shipping craft carrying people or freight: a ship or aircraft for carrying passengers, especially military personnel, or freight
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3. experience or display of intense emotion: an experience or display of intense and uncontrollable emotion, especially joy
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often used in the plural
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 in transports of delight
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4. history somebody sent to penal colony: somebody exiled to a penal colony
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| [14th century. Directly or via French transporter< Latin transportare "carry across" < portare "carry"] |
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