Transport (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object)
  1. to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
  2. to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture.
  3. to send into banishment, especially to a penal colony.
noun
  1. the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance.
  2. a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus.
  3. a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc.
  4. an airplane carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system.
  5. a system of public travel.
  6. transportation (def. 6).
  7. strong emotion; ecstatic joy, bliss, etc.
  8. a convict sent into banishment, especially to a penal colony: The country had been colonized largely by transports.
  9. a mechanism that moves magnetic tape past the head in a tape deck or tape recorder.
verb (trænsˈpɔːt) (tr)
  1. to carry or cause to go from one place to another, esp over some distance
  2. to deport or exile to a penal colony
  3. to have a strong emotional effect on
noun (ˈtrænsˌpɔːt)
    • the business or system of transporting goods or people
    • (as modifier)
  1. freight vehicles generally
    • a vehicle used to transport goods or people, esp lorries or ships used to convey troops
    • (as modifier)
  2. the act of transporting or the state of being transported
  3. ecstasy, rapture, or any powerful emotion
  4. a convict sentenced to be transported
Transport (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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