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# transport

noun (transport — uncountable; US transportation); verb (transport, transports, transported, transporting)

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

## Everyday

1. noun: Transport is a way of moving people or goods from one place to another, such as cars, buses, trains, planes and ships. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#m1)
2. verb: To transport means to move people or goods from one place to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#m2)
3. verb: To be transported can mean to feel taken to another place or time by a story or music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#m3)
4. (science) Transport is how a body or plant moves things, like blood carrying oxygen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#m4)
5. A transport can also be a great rush of strong feeling, such as joy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#m5)

### In the lessons

In geography and maths: public transport, timetables, journeys, speed and cost problems. In science: the heart and blood transport oxygen; roots and stems transport water. Phrases: public transport, means of transport, transport goods, transported by.

### Examples

- Buses and trains are public transport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#x1)
- Lorries transport food to the shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#x2)
- What kind of transport do you use to get to school? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#x3)
- Blood transports oxygen around the body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#x4)
- The story transported me to a magical land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#x5)
- Ships transport goods across the ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#x6)
- And she flung herself into her friend's arms in a transport of delight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/#x7)

### Note

Noun stressed TRANS-port; verb stressed trans-PORT. In US English the noun is usually "transportation". Uncountable noun: say "a means of transport", not "a transport". In maths: if a bus carries 50 people, 3 buses transport 150.

## On Mova

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