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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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transport

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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
Lithos arranges for the dust to be collected at the rock quarries and transported to local farms. —Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025 Typically, the pontiff’s body is placed in a casket made of three materials—cypress, lead, and walnut—and then covered with a silk veil before being sealed and transported under the basilica to the Vatican Grottoes, where the remains of almost all his predecessors rest. —Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
The system utilizes the transport layer for various communication events including requests, results and errors. —John Werner, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025 Protection from the Wind Extensive research and measurement campaigns have been carried out to better understand dust plumes, including their formation, transport and impacts. —Christophe Lavaysse, JSTOR Daily, 17 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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  • Multiple federal agencies on April 11 sent a letter to Harvard University accusing the college of violating federal civil rights law for not doing enough to combat antisemitism during student protests of the Israel-Hamas war.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Elon Musk's company launched its 32nd robotic resupply mission to the ISS for NASA early Monday morning (April 21), sending a Dragon freighter aloft from Florida's Space Coast.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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  • Nintendo fans excited over the upcoming Switch console said on April 3 they were disappointed by the high price tag, as US tariffs bite.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, Wired News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Part of what excited us and the challenge was to make sure all of the materials were responsibly sourced.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2025
Definition of excite
Verb
  • We were entranced by Mark Rothko’s Seagram murals, as well as the colorful works of Beatriz Milhazes.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • And collectors have turned what was once a niche brand into a near-cult, perpetually entranced by new lines, colors and shapes.
    — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of entrance
Verb
  • Hammie also screams at people on car trips and sometimes has to be exiled to the dashboard.
    — Anna North, Vox, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The Garifuna people are descendants of Indigenous Caribbean tribes and enslaved Africans, who were exiled from St. Vincent and the Grenadines by British colonizers and settled largely on the coast of Central America.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of exile
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  • Loading media onto the watch, even basic offline maps, is such a hassle that even Apple has resigned itself to the fact that most people will end up carrying their phone instead.
    — Adrienne So, Wired News, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Macdonald-King said the new charging facility is designed to serve as a transfer point between the specialized trucks that carry freight from the port and other trucks that ply the interstate highways to the east and north.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Definition of carry
Noun
  • The mouth is open just enough, perhaps because a shout of ecstasy had been ready to escape, if only the fan’s knocking at the door of the ecstatic had been answered.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Kelly later composed a chronicle of his meandering space treks - highlighting the agonies and the ecstasies of life in orbit - in the sensational book Endurance.
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of ecstasy
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  • Broken down vehicle on northbound I-40/US-71 in Grandview There is a broken down vehicle on I-40/US-71 between 155th Street and MO-150.
    — Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Police said numerous roads and neighborhoods were flooded, and officers assisted more than a dozen motorists whose vehicles were trapped in high water.
    — John Bacon, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Definition of vehicle
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  • The company's products can be found in stores such as Sprouts and The Fresh Market – and on Southwest Airlines – but Stellar Snacks also ships direct to consumers and can be found on Amazon.com.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • General manager Chris Grier has now traded away two of the team’s fourth round picks in the 2025 draft, shipping the fourth round, selection 116th overall, to the Houston Texans and picked up a 2026 third-round selection in the process.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Definition of ship

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