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to teleport

to teleport

71 8.3
To move someone or something instantly to another place without going through the space in between
  • verb
  • /ˈtɛlɪˌpɔrt/
: teletransportar
  • Teleport me to the ship.
  • able to teleport
  • teleport back
  • teleport there

She growled and teleported into the pit.

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Examples

  • How we're working to teleport things much like in... "Star Trek."

  • I'm going to teleport back to my family.

  • How do I, how do I just, like, teleport to my apartment?

  • People want to teleport and bring their body with them.

  • Erin tried to teleport out of her house to the police station, but nothing happened.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Thousands of gas drones and troops are gonna be teleported down here.

  • Did I just teleport?

  • I was on some freaky spaceship and then I teleported here.

  • Tarrant, Cally and Dayna will teleport to this location.

  • With a quick effort of his will, he teleported to San Francisco.

Synonyms

to translocate
vsto teleport
  • Specialized
1 7.5

To move something from one part of a cell or body to another

moves by instant dematerializing and reassembling across distant locations

How Fast

to teleport
71 8.3
to fly
∞ 1.0
drive
372 1.0
to run
∞ 1.0
to walk
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

teleport infinitive
teleported past
teleported past participle
teleporting present participle
teleports third person singular

Morphology

teleport = port (semi-transparent) = tele + port

The word is built from the recognizable elements 'tele-' and 'port', but the sci-fi meaning of instant transport is specialized rather than a fully ordinary everyday derivation.

Etymology

Teleport breaks into two simple parts: tele- meaning 'far' and -port from a word meaning 'to carry', the same idea you see in transport or portable. So to teleport is like being 'carried' 'far' in a moment, which explains why in stories people or things instantly appear in another place.