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verb

tran(t)s-ˈpȯrt How to pronounce transport (audio)
Definition of transportnext
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another I'll have to transport the car to our new home overseas by public carrier

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as in to excite
to fill with great joy was absolutely transported when she heard that her brother was getting married

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as in to entrance
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight) was transported with wonder when she saw the Matterhorn for the first time

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as in to exile
to force to leave a country the offending journalist was transported out of the country and ordered to never return

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as in to carry
to support and take from one place to another will you transport this heavy casserole dish to the dining room for me?

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noun

ˈtran(t)s-ˌpȯrt How to pronounce transport (audio)
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as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion was in transports of joy after winning the championship

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as in vehicle
something used to carry goods or passengers rising gas prices will impel more people to use public transport

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How does the verb transport contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of transport are banish, deport, and exile. While all these words mean "to remove by authority from a state or country," transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony.

a convict who was transported to Australia

Where would banish be a reasonable alternative to transport?

Although the words banish and transport have much in common, banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own.

banished for seditious activities

When could deport be used to replace transport?

The synonyms deport and transport are sometimes interchangeable, but deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare.

illegal aliens will be deported

When is it sensible to use exile instead of transport?

The words exile and transport can be used in similar contexts, but exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country.

a writer who exiled himself for political reasons

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Recent Examples of transport
Verb
Wells was transported to an area hospital and sustained a broken right wrist, according to Grizzlies interim coach Tuomas Iisalo. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025 While Tesla and Zoox are planning but have yet to launch fully driverless taxi services, Waymo vehicles are already transporting paying customers in giant swaths of select cities with no one in the driver's seat. —Joann Muller, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
As the god of trade and transport, Mercury is depicted holding a purse in one hand, and a staff in the other, experts said in the release. —Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025 What Makes a Walkable Neighborhood? Neighborhood walkability is a measurement of environmental characteristics that make walking an easy and accessible mode of transport. —Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for transport
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transport
  1. send
  2. excite
  3. entrance
  4. exile
  5. carry
  6. ecstasy
  7. vehicle
  8. ship
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  • More news: Lakers Star LeBron James to Receive Official Barbie However, that all suddenly changed earlier this season, when he was sent to the Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Jefferson’s is known for taking its bourbon on a journey—literally, with the Ocean Aged at Sea series that sends barrels around the world on container ships to age in different climates, or the Tropics release that ships casks to other countries where they are exposed to high heat and humidity.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of send
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  • Lamm called him and was excited by Church’s wide-ranging mind.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • There’s nothing that excites a journalist quite like a deal coming together past its initial deadline.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of excite
Verb
  • The song entranced a crowd of eclipse chasers while the birds flocked and some passing dogs barked.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • That so much night could exist within a city, flooding the side-streets and massing in secluded courtyards, entranced me.
    — Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of entrance
Verb
  • The powerful producer Scott Rudin was exiled from entertainment after accusations of bullying.
    — Matthew Cullen, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Soon, though, we were all exiled—I was arrested, just picked up off the street and thrown in jail.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of exile
Verb
  • There were so many physical scenes and heavy emotions carried throughout.
    — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The charges carry a combined sentence of 24 to 62 years in prison, Drummond said, and up to $260,000 in fines.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of carry
Noun
  • In one raid carried out last week at a residential address, Oakman said, KCK police officers seized nearly 1,500 grams of marijuana and cocaine, along with 48 ecstasy and methamphetamine pills, 15 assault rifles and about $5,230 in cash.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
  • That’s why there have countless films and even a couple of series constructed around the agony and the ecstasy of moviemaking.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of ecstasy
Noun
  • The news came more than seven months after he and his brother, Matthew, were fatally struck by a vehicle in New Jersey while riding bicycles the day before their sister’s wedding.
    — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Many analysts said Tesla could withstand those tariffs better than competitors because its vehicles sold in the U.S. are assembled domestically.
    — Lora Kolodny,Ari Levy, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of vehicle
Verb
  • Pickle has listings for items across the country, so renters in Miami have already had access to peers’ rentals shipped via USPS, as well as same-day local deliveries via courier services like Uber, DoorDash and Relay.
    — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Amazon has already begun to ship and process satellites for the next flight, also on an Atlas V, although ULA might prioritize the first national security launches of its new Vulcan that was finally certified last month by Space Force.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
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