transport

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transports, transporting, transported

(The noun is pronounced [[t]træ̱nspɔː(r)t[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]trænspɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]].)

1) N-UNCOUNT Transport refers to any vehicle that you can travel in or carry goods in. [mainly BRIT]

Have you got your own transport?...

Which type of transport do you prefer?

(in AM, usually use transportation)

2) N-UNCOUNT Transport is a system for taking people or goods from one place to another, for example using buses or trains. [mainly BRIT]

The extra money could be spent on improving public transport...

The sudden onset of winter caused havoc with rail and air transport...

An efficient transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.

(in AM, usually use transportation)

3) N-UNCOUNT Transport is the activity of taking goods or people from one place to another in a vehicle. [mainly BRIT]

Local production virtually eliminates transport costs.

(in AM, usually use transportation)

4) VERB To transport people or goods somewhere is to take them from one place to another in a vehicle.

[V n] There's no petrol, so it's very difficult to transport goods...

[V n prep/adv] They use tankers to transport the oil to Los Angeles...

[V n prep/adv] The troops were transported to Moscow.

5) VERB If you say that you are transported to another place or time, you mean that something causes you to feel that you are living in the other place or at the other time. [mainly LITERARY]

[be V-ed prep/adv] Dr Drummond felt that he had been transported into a world that rivalled the Arabian Nights...

[be V-ed prep/adv] In a dream you can be transported back in time...

[V n prep/adv] This delightful musical comedy transports the audience to the innocent days of 1950s America.

6) N-COUNT: usu supp N A military or troop transport is a military vehicle, especially a plane, that is used to carry soldiers or equipment.