transport¹

B1 Topic:Transportation

US /ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/ UK /ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/ See IPA manual

noun

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Homographs: transport² /tɹænsˈpɔɹt/ — verb

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Freq #3619

Meanings

1
noun
The system or vehicles used for carrying people or goods from one place to another.
Usage: For a travel system, transport is usually uncountable: public transport or reliable transport. Here it is a noun; the same spelling also serves as a verb meaning to carry.

Reliable public transport lets residents reach the hospital without a car.
Sources and attribution

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors, with original notes and examples. Learning notes are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Wiktionary: transport
- Wiktionary: porto
Public transport in the city is cheap and reliable.
2

noun
The act of carrying people or goods from one place to another.

The transport of fresh food requires refrigerated trucks.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the system or vehicles used... transportation public transport

2 noun · the act of carrying people... conveyance transportation

Word family

Forms transportedtransportingtransports

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Phrases (1)

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passive transport
movement of substances across a cell membrane without direct energy expenditure

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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Topics

Transportation

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# transport

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/
**Frequency rank:** 3619

## Meanings
1. The system or vehicles used for carrying people or goods from one place to another.
2. The act of carrying people or goods from one place to another.

## Usage Notes
- The system or vehicles used for carrying people or goods from one place to another.: For a travel system, transport is usually uncountable: public transport or reliable transport. Here it is a noun; the same spelling also serves as a verb meaning to carry.

## Examples
- Reliable public transport lets residents reach the hospital without a car.
- Public transport in the city is cheap and reliable.
- The transport of fresh food requires refrigerated trucks.

## Synonyms
- transportation
- public transport
- conveyance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: portare - to carry

## Etymology
Etymology tree

## Learning Sources
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors, with original notes and examples. Learning notes: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- [Wiktionary: transport](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transport?oldid=92093874#English)
- [Wiktionary: porto](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/porto?oldid=92166977#Latin)

## Topics
- Transportation

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