transport (transports plural & 3rd person present) (transporting present participle) (transported past tense & past participle )
The noun is pronounced [PH:t][PH:r][PH:G][PH:n][PH:s][PH:p][PH:%][PH::][PH:r][PH:t]. The verb is pronounced [PH:t][PH:r][PH:G][PH:n][PH:s][PH:p][PH:%][PH::][PH:r][PH: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?...
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...
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.
There's no petrol, so it's very difficult to transport goods... V n
They use tankers to transport the oil to Los Angeles... V n prep/adv
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 Dr Drummond felt that he had been transported into a world that rivalled the Arabian Nights... be V-ed prep/adv
This delightful musical comedy transports the audience to the innocent days of 1950s America. V n prep/adv