TRANSPORT

Transport

Transport or transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport is important since it enables trade between people, which in turn establishes civilizations.

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transport

Noun

  1. An act of transporting; conveyance.
  2. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
  3. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
  4. A tractor-trailer.
  5. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
  6. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
  7. A deported convict.

Verb

  1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
    to transport goods; to transport troops
  2. To deport to a penal colony.
  3. To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
    Music transports the soul.


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