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- [verb trans-pawrt, -pohrt; noun trans-pawrt, -pohrt]
- /verb trænsˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt; noun ˈtræns pɔrt, -poʊrt/
- /ˈtrænspɔːt/
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- [verb trans-pawrt, -pohrt; noun trans-pawrt, -pohrt]
- /verb trænsˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt; noun ˈtræns pɔrt, -poʊrt/
Definitions of transport word
- verb with object transport to carry, move, or convey from one place to another. 1
- verb with object transport to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture. 1
- verb with object transport to send into banishment, especially to a penal colony. 1
- noun transport the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance. 1
- noun transport a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus. 1
- noun transport a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc. 1
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Origin of transport
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English transporten (v.) < Latin trānsportāre to carry across. See trans-, port5
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Parts of speech for Transport
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
transport popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
transport usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for transport
noun transport
- adjustability — ability to adjust
- afterworld — a world inhabited after death
- ambulance — An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
- arbitrariness — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
- arcadia — a department of Greece, in the central Peloponnese. Capital: Tripolis. Pop: 91 326 (2001). Area: 4367 sq km (1686 sq miles)
verb transport
- anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- banish — If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
- be-have — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
adj transport
- conveyable — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- demountable — to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
- freighted — goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
adjective transport
- carriageable — (of a road, etc) able to be travelled in a carriage
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- deployable — able to be deployed
- detachable — If a part of an object is detachable, it has been made so that it can be removed from the object.
- haulable — Capable of being hauled.
Antonyms for transport
adj transport
- conveyable — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- deployable — able to be deployed
- detachable — If a part of an object is detachable, it has been made so that it can be removed from the object.
- liftable — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- motile — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
noun transport
- idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
Top questions with transport
- what is active transport?
- where does the electron transport chain occur?
- what is passive transport?
- what is the electron transport chain?
- what is the difference between active and passive transport?
- what does active transport require?
- where is the electron transport chain located?
- how does active transport differ from diffusion?
- how to transport deviled eggs?
- how is active transport different from diffusion?
- where are the proteins of the electron transport chain located?
- what is the difference between passive and active transport?
- what are three types of passive transport?
- what does transport mean?
- what are the proteins used in active transport called?
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