1 (especially BrE) (AmE usually transportation) [U] a system for carrying people or goods from one place to another using vehicles, roads, etc:
air / freight / road transport * to travel on / by public transport (= by train, bus, etc.) * the government's transport policy
2 (BrE) (AmE transportation) [U] a vehicle or method of travel:
Applicants must have their own transport. * Transport to and from the airport is included in the price. * His bike is his only means of transport.
3 [U] (especially BrE) (also transportation AmE, BrE) the activity or business of carrying goods from one place to another using lorries/trucks, trains, etc:
The goods were damaged during transport. * controls on the transport of nuclear waste
4 [C] a ship, plane or lorry/truck used for carrying soldiers, supplies, etc. from one place to another:
Several transports were sent to convey them to the camp. * a transport helicopter
5 (transports) [pl.] ~ of sth (literary) strong feelings and emotions:
to be in transports of joy / delight / grief
verb prep.]
1 to take sth/sb from one place to another in a vehicle:
to transport goods / passengers / cattle * Most of our luggage was transported by sea.
2 to move sth somewhere by means of a natural process:
The seeds are transported by the wind. * Blood transports oxygen around the body.
3 to make sb feel that they are in a different place, time or situation:
The book transports you to another world.
4 (in the past) to send sb to a far away place as a punishment:
British convicts were transported to Australia for life.
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