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1trans·port Listen to audio/ˌtrænsˈpoɚt/ verb
trans·ports; trans·port·ed; trans·port·ing
[+ obj] 1 : to carry (someone or something) from one place to another
A van at the hotel transports guests to and from the airport. the cost of producing and transporting goods The melons are transported in large wooden crates. The illness was first transported across the ocean by European explorers.
2 a : to cause (someone) to imagine that he or she is in a different place or time
The movie transports us to a world of stunning beauty. While reading, I was transported back to the year 1492.
b literary : to cause (someone) to feel very happy, interested, or excited — usually used as (be) transported We were transported by the music.
3 in the past : to send (a criminal) to live in a distant country as a form of punishment
He was transported for stealing.
— trans·port·able Listen to audio /ˌtrænsˈpoɚtəbəl/ adjective [more transportable; most transportable]
easily transportable goods

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