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      transport
      noun
      An act of transporting; conveyance.
      A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
      The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
      The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
      (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
      A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
      (historical) A deported convict.
      verb
      To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
      (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
      (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
      Roots
      transtrans- · Latin · across, overporto-port · Latin · carry
      Synonyms for transport
      transportationnconveyancenhaulagenshippingntransfernairfreightvtransitnfreightagencarryvhaulingntelpheragendrayagewagonagetransshipmentncartagentruckagenporteragenlighteragentransmitv
      Words related to transport
      freightingnwateragehaulierntransportersntaxiplanetelpherncargontruckingntranshipntransportabilitynridershipnbusesnferryingnhaulernlorriesnbussesnnuggartranshipmentnautobusninterurbantrolleyn

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      Where does transport come from?

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