trans|port
◆◆◇ (transports
, transporting
, transported
)
The noun is pronounced /træ
nspɔː
r
t/. The verb is pronounced /trænspɔː
r
t/.
1
N‑UNCOUNT
Transport
refers to any vehicle that you can travel in or carry goods in. [mainly BRIT
] □
Have you got your own transport?
in AM, usually use transportation
2
N‑UNCOUNT
Transport
is a system for taking people or goods from one place to another, for example using buses or trains. [mainly BRIT
] □
The extra money could be spent on improving public transport.
in AM, usually use transportation
3
N‑UNCOUNT
Transport
is the activity of taking goods or people from one place to another in a vehicle. [mainly BRIT
] □
Local production virtually eliminates transport costs.
in AM, usually use transportation
4
VERB
To
transport
people or goods somewhere is to take them from one place to another in a vehicle. □ [V
n]
There's no petrol, so it's very difficult to transport goods.
□ [V
n prep/adv]
They use tankers to transport the oil to Los Angeles.
5
VERB
If you say that you
are transported
to another place or time, you mean that something causes you to feel that you are living in the other place or at the other time. [mainly LITERARY
] □ [be
V
-ed prep/adv]
Dr Drummond felt that he had been transported into a world that rivalled the Arabian Nights.
□ [V
n prep/adv]
This delightful musical comedy transports the audience to the innocent days of 1950s America.
trans|por|ta|tion
/træ
nspɔː
r
te
I
ʃ
ə
n/
1
N‑UNCOUNT
Transportation
refers to any type of vehicle that you can travel in or carry goods in. [mainly AM
] □
The company will provide transportation.
in BRIT, usually use transport
2
N‑UNCOUNT
Transportation
is a system for taking people or goods from one place to another, for example using buses or trains. [mainly AM
] □
Campuses are usually accessible by public transportation.
in BRIT, usually use transport
3
N‑UNCOUNT
Transportation
is the activity of taking goods or people from one place to another in a vehicle. [mainly AM
] □ [+ of
]
Oxfam may also help with the transportation of refugees.
in BRIT, usually use transport
trans|port|er
/trænspɔː
r
tə
r
/ (transporters
) N‑COUNT
A
transporter
is a large vehicle or an aeroplane that is used for carrying very large or heavy objects, for example cars. [mainly BRIT
]
trans|pose
/trænspoʊ
z/ (transposes
, transposing
, transposed
)
1
VERB
If you
transpose
something from
one place or situation to
another, you move it there. □ [V
n to
n]
He has taken the idea of skiing, and transposed it to a Cornish beach, with surfing.
[Also V
n] ●
trans|po|si|tion
/træ
nspəz
I
ʃ
ə
n/ (transpositions
) N‑VAR
□ [+ of
]
…a transposition of 'Macbeth' to third century BC China.
2
VERB
If you
transpose
two things, you reverse them or put them in each other's place. □ [V
n]
Many people inadvertently transpose digits of the ZIP code.
●
trans|po|si|tion
N‑VAR
□ [+ of
]
His pen name represented the transposition of his initials and his middle name.
trans|put|er
/trænspju
ːtə
r
/ (transputers
) N‑COUNT
A
transputer
is a type of fast powerful microchip. [COMPUTING
]
trans|sex|ual
/træ
nse
kʃuəl/ (transsexuals
) N‑COUNT
A
transsexual
is a person who has decided that they want to live as a person of the opposite sex, and so has changed their name and appearance in order to do this. Transsexuals sometimes have an operation to change their sex.
trans|verse
/trænzvɜː
r
s/ ADJ
[usu ADJ
n]
Transverse
is used to describe something that is at right angles to something else.
trans|ves|tism
/trænzve
st
I
zəm/ N‑UNCOUNT
Transvestism
is the practice of wearing clothes normally worn by a person of the opposite sex, usually for pleasure.
