transport

trans·port  (trns-pôrt, -prt)

tr.v. trans·port·ed, trans·port·ing, trans·ports

1. To carry from one place to another; convey. See Synonyms at convey.

2. To move to strong emotion; carry away; enrapture. See Synonyms at enrapture.

3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport. See Synonyms at banish.

n. (trnspôrt, -prt)

1. The act of transporting; conveyance.

2. The condition of being transported by emotion; rapture.

3. A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.

4. A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.

5.

a. The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.

b. The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system.

6. A device that moves magnetic tape beyond the recording head, as of a tape recorder.

7. A deported convict.

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[Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin trnsportre : trns-, trans- + portre, to carry; see per-² in Indo-European roots.]

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trans·porta·bili·ty n.

trans·porta·ble adj.

trans·porter n.

trans·portive adj.

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transport

vb [trænsˈpɔːt] (tr)

1. to carry or cause to go from one place to another, esp over some distance

2. (Historical Terms) to deport or exile to a penal colony

3. (usually passive) to have a strong emotional effect on

n [ˈtrænsˌpɔːt]

1.

a.  the business or system of transporting goods or people

b.  (as modifier) a modernized transport system

2. Brit freight vehicles generally

3. (Military)

a.  a vehicle used to transport goods or people, esp lorries or ships used to convey troops

b.  (as modifier) a transport plane

4. the act of transporting or the state of being transported

5. ecstasy, rapture, or any powerful emotion

6. (Historical Terms) a convict sentenced to be transported

[from Latin transportāre, from trans- + portāre to carry]

transportable  adj

transportability  n

transporter  n

transportive  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	transport - something that serves as a means of transportation conveyance dolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects dolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted horsebox - a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses instrumentation, instrumentality - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end litter - conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers mail - a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination cargo ships, merchant vessels, shipping, merchant marine - conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry sidecar - conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle ski lift, ski tow, lift - a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill telfer, telpher - one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage trailer - a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway - a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects
	2.	transport - an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes active transport - transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy diffusion - (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration passive transport - transport of a substance across a cell membrane by diffusion; expenditure of energy is not required
	3.	transport - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials shipping, transportation commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" air transport, air transportation - transportation by air navigation - ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" hauling, trucking, truckage - the activity of transporting goods by truck freight, freightage - transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates expressage, express - rapid transport of goods ferrying, ferry - transport by boat or aircraft on-line, online - on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system; "on-line industries" off-line - not on a regular route of a transportation system; "an off-line ticket office"
	4.	transport - a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens ecstasy, exaltation, rapture, raptus emotional state, spirit - the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose"
	5.	transport - a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder tape drive, tape transport mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function tape deck - electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system tape machine, tape recorder - a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape
	6.	transport - the act of moving something from one location to another transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" transshipment - the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment airlift, lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) connexion, connection - shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" bringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" drive - the act of driving a herd of animals overland carry - the act of carrying something pickup - the act of taking aboard passengers or freight lighterage - the transportation of goods on a lighter relocation, resettlement - the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) teleportation - a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
Verb	1.	transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" sluice - transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs" float - set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" ferry - transport by ferry wheelbarrow - transport in a wheelbarrow raft - transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river" bus - send or move around by bus; "The children were bussed to school" pipe - transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert" freight - transport commercially as cargo truck - convey (goods etc.) by truck; "truck fresh vegetables across the mountains" rail - convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium" sledge - transport in a sleigh lighter - transport in a flatbottom boat pick up - give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway" wheel around, wheel - wheel somebody or something carry over - transport from one place or state to another; "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal" advect - convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid; "energy advected from the environment" teleport - transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
	2.	transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" carry carry - pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province" shoulder - carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden" port - carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons; "port a rifle" carry - propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" bear - move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders" bucket - carry in a bucket return - make a return; "return a kickback" pipe in - transport to a destiny through pipes; "We have to pipe in oil" port - carry, bear, convey, or bring; "The small canoe could be ported easily" porter - carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists" pack - carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" cart - transport something in a cart fly - transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" haul - transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market" lug, tote, tug - carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" chariot - transport in a chariot bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
	3.	transport - hold spellbound                       enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, delight delight, please - give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"
	4.	transport - transport commercially               ship, send move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" barge - transport by barge on a body of water railroad - transport by railroad despatch, dispatch, send off - send away towards a designated goal forward, send on - send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"
	5.	transport - send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transfer fetch, bring, get, convey - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" project - transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another propagate - transmit; "propagate sound or light through air" translate - bring to a certain spiritual state release, turn - let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate" send out, send - to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

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transport

noun

1. vehicle, wheels (informal), transportation, conveyance Have you got your own transport?

2. transference, carrying, shipping, delivery, distribution, removal, transportation, carriage, shipment, freight, haulage, conveyance, freightage Safety rules had been breached during transport of radioactive fuel.

3. (often plural) ecstasy, delight, heaven, happiness, bliss, euphoria, rapture, enchantment, cloud nine (informal), seventh heaven, ravishment transports of joy
ecstasy blues (informal), dumps (informal), depression, melancholy, doldrums, despondency

4. frenzy, fit, passion, fervour, rhapsody, paroxysm in a great transport of rage

verb

1. convey, take, run, move, bring, send, carry, bear, remove, ship, transfer, deliver, conduct, shift, ferry, haul, fetch There's no petrol so it's difficult to transport goods.

2. enrapture, move, delight, entrance, enchant, carry away, captivate, electrify, ravish, spellbind I have never seen any man so completely transported by excitement.

3. (History) exile, banish, deport, sentence to transportation He was transported to Italy and interned.

Translations

transport [ˈtrænspɔːt]

A. N

1. (= conveying, movement) → transporte m
air transport → transporte m aéreo
Department of Transport (Brit) → Ministerio m de Transporte(s)
means of transport → medio m de transporte
I was stranded with no means of transport → me quedé colgado sin medio de transporte
rail transport → transporte m ferroviario
road transport → transporte m por carretera
sea transport → transporte m marítimo
see also public C

2. (= vehicle) → transporte m
I haven't got any transport → no tengo transporte
own transport required → se requiere vehículo propio

3. (= ship) → buque m de transporte

4. (= plane) → avión m de transporte

5. (fig) (liter)
it sent her into transports of delight → la dejó extasiada
to be in a transport of rage → estar fuera de sí(de rabia)

B. VT

1. (= move) [+ goods, people] → transportar

2. (Hist) (= deport) [+ criminal] → deportar

3. (fig) → transportar
the musical transports the audience to the days of 1950s America → el musical transporta or traslada al público a la América de los años 50
I felt as though I'd been transported back in time → me sentí como si me hubiera remontado en el tiempo
to be transported with joy > (liter) → quedarse embelesado or (liter)arrobado, estar extasiado

C. CPD transport café N → cafetería f de carretera
transport costs NPL → gastos mpl de transporte
transport plane N → avión m de transporte
transport police N → policía f de tráfico
transport policy N → política f de transportes
transport ship N → buque m de transporte
transport system N → sistema m de transportes, red f de transportes

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transport [ˈtrænspɔː^rt]

n

(= means of transportation) → moyen m de transport
Transport is provided → Le transport est assuré.
to have one's own transport → avoir son propre moyen de transport
public transport → transports mpl en commun, transports mpl publics
Department of Transport (British) → ministère m des Transports

(= movement) → transport m
The goods were ready for transport → Les marchandises étaient prêtes au transport.
the transport of sth → le transport de qch

[trænsˈpɔː^rt] vt → transporter
They specialise in transporting fresh fruit and vegetables → Ils sont spécialisés dans le transport des fruits et légumes.

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transport

n

(of goods) → Transport m, → Beförderung f; (of troops) → Transport m; road transport → Straßentransport m; rail transport → Beförderung f → or Transport m → per Bahn, (Eisen)bahntransport m; Ministry of Transport (Brit) → Verkehrsministerium nt

(= vehicle) have you got your own transport? → hast du einen fahrbaren Untersatz? (inf), → bist du motorisiert?; public transport → öffentliche Verkehrsmittel pl; what are we going to do about transport? → wie lösen wir die Transportfrage?; transport will be provided → für An- und Abfahrt wird gesorgt

(Mil, = ship) → (Truppen)transporter m; (= plane) → Transportflugzeug nt

(US: = shipment) → (Schiffs)fracht f, → Ladung f

(liter) transport(s) of delight → freudige Entzückung or (Rel) → Entrückung (liter); it sent her into transports of delight → es erfüllte sie mit freudigem Entzücken (liter)

vt

goods → befördern, transportieren; people → befördern

(Hist) convict → deportieren

(liter) to be transported by joy → freudig entzückt sein (liter)

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transport:

transport infrastructure

n → Verkehrsinfrastruktur f

transport line

n (in factory) → Transportband nt

transport plane

n → Transportflugzeug nt

transport ship

n → (Truppen)transporter m

transport system

n → Verkehrswesen nt

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transport [ɐn ˈtrænspɔːt; ɐvb, adj trænsˈpɔːt]

1. n

a. (gen) → trasporto; (vehicle) → mezzo di trasporto
public transport → mezzi mpl pubblici
Department of Transport (Brit) → Ministero dei Trasporti
I haven't got any transport → non ho un mezzo

b. (fig) (of delight, rage) → trasporto
to go into transports of joy → esultare dalla gioia

2. vt

a. → trasportare (History) (convicts) → deportare

b. (fig) transported with delight → deliziato/a
transported with joy → estasiato/a

3. adj (system, costs) → di trasporto

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transport [ɐn ˈtrænspɔːt; ɐvb, adj trænsˈpɔːt]

1. n

a. (gen) → trasporto; (vehicle) → mezzo di trasporto
public transport → mezzi mpl pubblici
Department of Transport (Brit) → Ministero dei Trasporti
I haven't got any transport → non ho un mezzo

b. (fig) (of delight, rage) → trasporto
to go into transports of joy → esultare dalla gioia

2. vt

a. → trasportare (History) (convicts) → deportare

b. (fig) transported with delight → deliziato/a
transported with joy → estasiato/a

3. adj (system, costs) → di trasporto

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transport

v transport [trӕnsˈpoːt]

to carry (goods, passengers etc) from one place to another The goods were transported by air; A bus transported us from the airport to the city. vervoer يَنْقُل مُسافرين أو بَضائِع пренасям přepravit transportere transportieren μεταφέρω transportar transportima حمل کردن؛ بردن kuljettaa transporter לְהוֹבִיל वहन करना prijevoz, transport szállít mengangkut flytja (á milli) traspostare 輸送する 운송하다 pervežti transportēt; pārvadāt mengangkut vervoeren transportere, bringe, sende przewozić transportar a transporta перевозить prepraviť, transportovať prepeljati transportovati transportera บรรทุก taşımak 運輸，運送 перевозити; переміщати مال يا مسافروں کو ايک جگہ سے دوسري جگہ لے جانا vận chuyển 运输，运送

[ˈtranspoːt] n

the process of transporting or being transported road transport; My husband is using my car, so I have no (means of) transport. vervoer نَقْل транспорт přeprava transport; -transport der Transport μεταφορά, μεταφορικό μέσο transporte transport حمل؛ وسیله نقلیه kuljetus transport הוֹבָלָה परिवहन prijevoz szállítás; közlekedés angkutan samgöngutæki/-kerfi trasporto 移動の手段 운송 susisiekimas, transportas transports; satiksme; satiksmes līdzeklis pengangkutan vervoer transport(ering), sending przewóz, transport transporte (mijloc de) transport перевозка;транспорт preprava, transport prevoz transport transport, transportmedel การขนส่ง taşıma 運輸工具 транспорт; засіб сполучення ذریعۂ نقل و حمل sự vận chuyển 运输工具

adj transˈportable

able to be transported. vervoerbaar قابِل للنَّقْل преносим přepravitelný, přenosný transportabel transportierbar μεταφερόμενος, φορητός transportable transporditav قابل حمل و نقل kuljetuskelpoinen transportable נִיתָן לְהוֹבָלָה परिवहनीय prevoziv szállítható bisa diangkut flytjanlegur trasportabile 輸送できる 수송할 수 있는 transportabilus transportējams; pārvadājams boleh diangkut vervoerbaar transportabel, som lar seg transportere nadający się do przewozu transportável transportabil транспортабельный prepraviteľný, prenosný prenosen prenosiv transportabel, flyttbar ซึ่งบรรทุกได้ taşınabilir 運輸的 переносний, транспортабельний نقل و حمل کا ذريعہ có thể vận chuyển được 运输的

n transporˈtation

transport. vervoer نَقْل، إنْتِقال транспорт přeprava transport der Transport μεταφορά transporte transport حمل و نقل؛ وسیله نقلیه kuljetus transport הוֹבָלָה वहनीयता prijevoz, prevoženje szállítás, fuvarozás; közlekedés angkutan flutningur trasporto 輸送 수송, 운송 transportas transportēšana; pārvadāšana pengangkutan vervoer transport(ering), forsendelse transport transporte transport транспорт(ировка) preprava prevažanje transport transport, transportering การขนส่ง taşıma 運輸 перевезення, транспортування نقل و حمل sự chuyên chở 运输

n transˈporter

someone or something that transports, especially a heavy vehicle for carrying large goods. vervoerder ناقِل، ناقِلَه транспортъор dopravce; nákladní auto transportør; lastvogn der Transporter μεταφορέας, νταλίκα transportador transportija, kaubaauto حمل کننده kuljetusauto, kuljettaja transporteur מוֹבִיל वाहक transporter, kamion za prijevoz szállítmányozó pengangkut flutningatæki trasportatore 大型トラック 수(운)송자 pervežėjas, transporteris transportieris; pārvadātājs pengangkut transporteur, transportmiddel transportør; vogntog transporter transportador transportor транспортировщик dopravca; nákladné auto prevoznik transporter transportör, transportfordon การขนส่ง taşıyıcı 運輸者，運輸工具 транспортер, конвеєр مال يا مسافروں کو ايک جگہ سے دوسري جگہ لے جانے والا người, vật chuyên chở 运输者，运输工具）

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transport → نقل, ينقل doprava, přepravit transport, transportere Transport, transportieren μεταφέρω, μεταφορά transportar, transporte kuljettaa, liikenne transport, transporter prevesti, prijevoz trasportare, trasporto 輸送, 輸送する 운송, 운송하다 transport, transporteren transport, transportere przewieźć, transport transportar, transporte перевозить, транспорт transport, transportera การขนส่ง, ขนส่ง taşıma, taşımak giao thông, vận chuyển 交通, 运输