transport
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2.2
- noun
- /ˈtrænspɔrt/
:
transporte
- It's the Department of Transport.
- public transport
- transport costs
- modes of transport
This one got a little soil on it in transport, but I'm impressed.
- This one got a little soil on it in transport, but I'm impressed.
- They hate residential buildings, schools, hospitals, transport and enterprises.
- And originally they did, they went out and took three Scottish transports in Boston, Boston Harbor.
- So it would really make the transport system efficient.
- They need to understand Black people were brought in here to recreate our transport system.
- So when you obviously created transport, it's global success.
- So sustainable sea transports, canoeing culture, it's there.
Examples
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All of the villages were accessible by air and water transport; none were accessible by road.
Academic text (2012) -
General, your transport is ready for departure.
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And the last group is transport on demand.
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You know the gas station guy, the transport guy, the truck guy and so forth.
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One standing by to provide transport.
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And it gave entrepreneurs the goal of expanding the new mode of transport out to sea.
Academic text (2012) -
Statistically speaking, flying is the safest form of transport.
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Businesses such as construction, wholesale, retail, transport, and hotel and catering account for 99% of SMEs.
Academic text (2011) -
The young conscripts were loaded onto overcrowded transport trains, 40 men to a wagon.
Academic text (2011) -
Public transport is essential for helping people commute to work and school every day.
Synonyms
557
1.6
Moving people or goods from one place to another
540
1.0
Bringing parcels or food to someone
177
3.6
A system of buses and trains that carries people around a city
66
2.1
To send goods to a place by ship, truck, or plane
23
3.2
A network of vehicles and routes that moves people or goods
5
5.0
A vehicle or way of moving people and things
1
1.0
Moving something from one place to another
1
6.2
The moving of goods by road or rail
Moving people or goods from one place to another
Compounds
39
1.4
Services like buses or trains that anyone can use in a city, usually for a small fee
- Specialized
A document that makes one company responsible for goods moved by two or more kinds of transport
- Specialized
To move a substance across a cell membrane from low to high concentration using energy
- Specialized
Movement of substances like oxygen across a cell membrane without using the cell's energy
- Archaic
Part inside a tape player that moves the tape so sound is played or recorded
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transport comes from the Latin parts trans- and portare, meaning 'across' and 'to carry'. So a transport system is simply a way to carry people or goods 'across' places, which is why we use the word for buses, trains and shipping.