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# teleport

verb (teleport, teleports, teleported, teleporting); noun (a teleport — a place or device for teleporting, in games and stories)

«teleport» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To teleport is to move from one place to another instantly, without travelling through the space between; it happens only in science fiction, games and stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teleport/#m1)
2. A teleport (in games) is a pad or doorway that sends a player to another place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teleport/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, films and video games it tells the reader that a character jumps across space by magic or super-technology. In real science, "quantum teleportation" moves information about tiny particles, not people. Phrases: teleport to, teleport back, teleport pad.

### Examples

- In the game, you can teleport back to your base. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teleport/#x1)
- I wish I could teleport to school instead of walking in the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teleport/#x2)
- The wizard teleported out of the tower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teleport/#x3)
- Step on the glowing teleport to reach the next level. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teleport/#x4)
- No real machine can teleport a person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teleport/#x5)
- "Beam me up" is how characters teleport in an old space show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teleport/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb: teleported, teleporting. Noun for the act: teleportation. Trap: people cannot really teleport; quantum teleportation in science is something different and very small.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «teleport» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teleport/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«teleport» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teleport.html) on Mova free.