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transport
Meaning: to carry people or goods from one place to another
transport in a sentence
How transport is used in real sentences:
Trucks transport fresh produce from local farms to grocery stores every morning.
Volunteers used a fleet of vans to transport donated books from the warehouse to schools across the county.
“Workers transport the samples in padded boxes so bumps cannot chip their sharp edges.”
— from the passage Secrets in Stone
Synonyms for transport
Other words for transport — carry, convey and ship — carry the same meaning.
- carry
- convey
- ship
Where it comes from
From Latin transportare 'trans- (across) + portare (carry)'
Word parts
- trans — across, beyond, through
transport: trans- (across) + port (carry) - port — carry
transport: trans- (across) + port (carry)
Memory hook
TRANS-PORT — TRANS (across) + PORT (carry): to carry something across a distance.