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transport

trans·port

UK/ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/ US/ˈtɹɑːnspɔːt/ common

verb

1.

move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

2.

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”
Synonyms
5.

send from one person or place to another

  • “transmit a message”

noun

1.

something that serves as a means of transportation

Synonyms
2.

an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes

3.

the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials

4.

a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

  • “listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture” Charles Dickens
5.

a mechanism that transport magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder

Phrases

  • active transport
  • air transport
  • auto transport truck
  • copper transport disease
  • cyber transport
  • cyber transport system
  • cyber transport systems
  • light rail transport system

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