transport1 nountransport2 verb
transporttrans‧port1 /ˈtrænspɔːt $ -ɔːrt/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL noun 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Carrying goods by ship reduces transportation costs.
- Critics have pointed to the lack of transport links to the new attraction.
- The government is planning to tighten up regulations governing the transport of toxic waste.
- The price is $40, which includes transportation to the game and refreshments.
- We need more investment in natural gas distribution and transportation.
- After much deliberation, six horse-drawn vehicles were selected to complement the existing road transport collections.
- For these smaller cities, less expensive and more modestly scaled public transport and traffic restraint policies are more appropriate.
- It would be bad for public transport and for congestion.
- Not the least of the advantages enjoyed by the peripheral regions was cheap coastal transport.
- There is an illusion of sitting high above the ground, almost as if it was a transport aircraft.
- There the idea of parallel transport was found to be helpful.
- This suggests that the results obtained indeed reflect epithelial transport.
Longman Language Activatorthe process of taking goods or people from one place to another
British /transportation American · We need more investment in natural gas distribution and transportation.transport to · The price is $40, which includes transportation to the game and refreshments.transport of · The government is planning to tighten up regulations governing the transport of toxic waste.transport costs/systems/companies etc · Carrying goods by ship reduces transportation costs.· Critics have pointed to the lack of transport links to the new attraction.
British /hauling American the business of taking large quantities of goods from one place to another: · Rail freight charges are high compared with the cost of road haulage.· The company also provides commercial hauling for the city of San Diego.haulage company/costs/contractor etc: · Jean works for a road haulage company based in St Etienne.
while being taken from one place to another: · A good insurance policy will cover the cost of goods lost or damaged in transit.· Cheese continues to ripen while in transit, so storage is important.
WORD SETSadrift, adjectiveaft, adjectiveahoy, interjectionaircraft carrier, nounamidships, adverbanchor, nounanchor, verbanchorage, nounark, nounastern, adverbballast, nounbarge, nounbargee, nounbargepole, nounbarnacle, nounbarque, nounbarrage, nounbeach, verbbeam, nounbecalmed, adjectiveberth, nounberth, verbbilge, nounbill of lading, nounbillow, nounblade, nounboat, nounboat hook, nounboathouse, nounboating, nounboatman, nounbob, verbbollard, nounboom, nounbow, nounbridge, nounbrig, nounbulkhead, nounbunk, nounbuoy, nouncabin, nouncabin boy, nouncabin class, nouncabin cruiser, nouncable, nouncanal, nouncanal boat, nouncanoe, nouncanoe, verbcapstan, nouncaptain, nouncatamaran, nouncircumnavigate, verbclipper, nouncoast, verbcoaster, nouncoastguard, nouncockpit, nouncommodore, nouncompanionway, nounconning tower, nouncoracle, nouncordage, nouncox, nouncoxswain, nouncraft, nouncrew, verbcrossing, nouncrow's nest, nouncruise, verbcruise liner, nouncruiser, nouncruise ship, nouncutter, noundeck, noundecompression chamber, nounderrick, noundinghy, noundisembark, verbdisgorge, verbdisplacement, noundock, noundock, verbdocker, noundockside, noundockyard, noundory, noundownstream, adverbdraught, noundraw, verbdrawbridge, noundredge, verbdredger, noundrift, verbdrift, noundrifter, noundriftwood, noundrilling platform, noundrown, verbdry dock, noundugout, noundyke, nounembark, verbensign, nounferry, nounferry, verbferryboat, nounfigurehead, nounfirst mate, nounfirst officer, nounfleet, nounflotilla, nounfo'c'sle, nounforecastle, nounfounder, verbfrigate, nounfrogman, noungalleon, noungalley, noungangplank, noungangway, noungondola, noungondolier, noungrappling iron, nounground, verbgunnel, noungunwale, nounhalyard, nounharbour, nounhatch, nounhawser, nounhelm, nounhelmsman, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhigh water mark, nounhold, nounhoot, nounhoot, verbhouseboat, nounhovercraft, nounhulk, nounhull, nounhydrofoil, nounhydroplane, nounhydroplane, verbicebreaker, nouninboard, adjectiveinflatable, nouninflow, nounJet Ski, nounjetty, nounjib, nounjunk, nounkayak, nounkeel, nounketch, nounknot, nounkt, land, verblanding stage, nounlane, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounleeward, adjectivelife belt, nounlifeboat, nounlife buoy, nounlife jacket, nounlifeline, nounlife preserver, nounlife raft, nounlife vest, nounlighter, nounlighthouse, nounlightship, nounliner, nounlist, verblock, nounlock keeper, nounlog book, nounlongshoreman, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounlow water mark, nounlugger, nounmainmast, nounmainsail, nounmaritime, adjectivemast, nounmaster, nounmasthead, nounmerchantman, nounmerchant navy, nounmerchant seaman, nounminesweeper, nounmizzen, nounmoor, verbmooring, nounmother ship, nounmotorboat, nounnarrow boat, nounnautical, adjectivenavigable, adjectivenavigate, verbnavigation, nounoakum, nounoar, nounoarlock, nounoarsman, nounoarswoman, nounoceangoing, adjectiveoffshore, adjectiveoil slick, nounoil tanker, nounoutboard motor, nounoutrigger, nounoverboard, adverboyster bed, nounpacket boat, nounpaddle, nounpaddle, verbpaddle steamer, nounpassage, nounpelagic, adjectiveperiscope, nounpier, nounpilot, nounpilot, verbpitch, verbPlimsoll line, nounplot, verbply, verbpoop deck, nounport, nounporthole, nounport of call, nounpowerboat, nounprivateer, nounpromenade deck, nounpropeller, nounprow, nounpunt, nounpunt, verbpurser, nounquadrant, nounquarterdeck, nounquay, nounraft, nounrafting, nounreef, verbrefit, verbregatta, nounresurface, verbrig, verbrig, nounrigging, nounroll, verbroll, nounroll-on roll-off, adjectivero-ro, nounrow, verbrowboat, nounrowing, nounrowing boat, nounrowlock, nounrubber dinghy, nounrudder, nounsail, verbsail, nounsailboat, nounsailing, nounsailing boat, nounsailing ship, nounsailor, nounsaloon, nounsampan, nounschooner, nounscull, nounscull, verbscupper, verbscupper, nounscuttle, verbseaborne, adjectivesea captain, nounsea dog, nounseafaring, adjectiveseagoing, adjectivesea lane, nounsea legs, nounsealer, nounseaman, nounseamanship, nounseaworthy, adjectivesheet, nounship, nounshipmate, nounshipping, nounshipping lane, nounship's chandler, nounshipwreck, nounshipwright, nounshipyard, nounside-wheeler, nounskiff, nounskull and crossbones, nounslaver, nounslipway, nounsloop, nounsluice, nounsmack, nounsonar, nounspar, nounspeedboat, nounsplice, verbSS, starboard, nounsteam, verbsteamboat, nounsteamer, nounsteamship, nounsteerage, nounsteersman, nounstern, nounstevedore, nounsteward, nounstewardess, nounstoker, nounsub, nounsubmarine, nounsubmarine, adjectivesubmersible, nounsundeck, nounsupertanker, nounswab, verbswell, nounswing bridge, nountack, nountack, verbtender, nounthird class, nountiller, nountonnage, nountopside, adverbtowpath, nountransport, nountransport ship, nountrawler, nountrim, verbtrimaran, nountroopship, nountub, nountug, nounupstream, adverbvessel, nounvoyage, nounvoyage, verbwake, nounwardroom, nounwarship, nounwaterborne, adjectivewaterlogged, adjectivewaterway, nounweir, nounwhaler, nounwheelhouse, nounwhirlpool, nounwindjammer, nounwindward, adjectivewreck, nounyachting, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + transport
the most efficient mode of transport
· Buses are the safest form of road transport in this country.
· Freight delivery costs could be reduced substantially by using rail transport.
· The air transport industry is presently going through a period of change.
(=buses, trains etc that are available for everyone to use)· We recommend that you travel by public transport.
(=a vehicle that you own and drive)· 77 percent of respondents in the survey had regular access to private transport.
transport + NOUN· We will create a better, more integrated transport system.
· We must ensure that transport costs are kept low.
· The region has good transport links to the capital.
phrases· Horses and carts were the only means of transport.
· The supermarket offers a free bus service for customers who do not have their own transport.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES British English (=a cheap café beside a main road, mainly for lorry drivers)· Many transport cafés serve great breakfasts.
· They had to pay £30,000 in legal costs.
British English, a means of transportation American English (=a way of travelling, for example using a car, bus, bicycle etc)· The tram is an efficient means of transport.
the most efficient mode of transport (=for carrying military equipment and soldiers)· Heavily-laden transport planes can only land if there is a long runway.
British English, public transportation American English (=buses, trains etc)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· On day 30, when the nematodes had been expelled from the gut, fluid transport was back to control values.· In three other experiments fluid transport in the jejunum was nil.· An attempt was made to determine if fluid transport varied between days 6 and 9.· No effect on fluid transport was seen.· In this report we investigated fluid transport in rats on days 6-9 or 11-14 after having been injected with the larvae.· These findings agree with results reported by other researchers investigating fluid transport invivo.· This study was designed to investigate further the relationship between inflammation and fluid transport in the small intestine of the rat.· Nolla etal made a more thorough analysis, determining fluid transport on days 4, 6, 9, and 13.
· Transport For the reasons stated above, local transport is best, although this means being patient.· She says it has made me think why is there no local transport readily available.· Local post offices, local transport and local schools all have an important role to play in sustaining rural life.· They were empowered to improve a range of local facilities from transport, credit, and insurance to health and education.· Although no public transport service precisely covers the above itinerary in that form, local public transport makes the main points accessible.· This was partly due to the weak local transport system and remoteness from urban influences.· Assisting people in rural areas by making concessionary fares on local public transport widely available.· Visitors to an area can help support local accommodation, transport and shops.
· Airbus Military Company is also expected this week to receive new orders from Europea governments for 218 A400M military transport aircraft.· One such system in use on military transport planes costs $ 1. 6 million to install per aircraft.· The only optimistic statement came from the third cadre of military transport, which had recently held two cell meetings.
· Lack of mobility may mean that older people with disabilities have to incur the cost of private transport in order to get about.· Although private transport is also subject to government policy, it will be affected more slowly.· However, the decline of public transport and the far-from-universal availability of private transport militates against this in practice.· The motor car is private transport, available only to its owner and his immediate circle.· This lessens professional isolation and becomes more possible with better roads and private transport.· This close to Christmas, the wild West End was a militarized zone for private transport, even taxis.
· This form of public transport was first introduced into London by George Shillibeer in 1829.· Investment and commitment are also needed to rebuild a viable public transport system.· Buses and underground trains were so expensive that it was no longer accurate to regard them as public transport.· The public transport safety target would not be achieved if single-pilot public transport operations by pilots over sixty were to be permitted.· A report by development services director Stephen Tapper says bus lanes produce considerable time savings by allowing public transport unrestricted access.· She takes little exercise, does not even walk much, and prefers to use the car or public transport.· A minimal public transport service was in operation.· In addition, public transport is much more subject to direct government policy and to the influence of political decisions.
NOUN· Shipping, air transport, telephone and telegraph generally follow these routes.· They lay it all on for us, he said. Air transport there and back guaranteed: same day.· Suddenly, it was three years later and he was being carried off an Army Medical Corps Hercules air transport.· For the more serious cases, there was air transport direct to base hospital, possibly hundreds of miles to the rear.· Partly Competitive/Partly Regulated Industries Examples of this kind of industry are oil, aerospace, and air transport.· The burgeoning air transport industry is presenting huge opportunities for enterprise.
· The operation had not gone without hitches because adequate amphibious shipping and transport aircraft were not yet available.· Airbus Military Company is also expected this week to receive new orders from Europea governments for 218 A400M military transport aircraft.· There is an illusion of sitting high above the ground, almost as if it was a transport aircraft.· Ventures have included flying tourists in transport aircraft.· The Hercules transport aircraft is taking food and medicine to the besieged city of Sarajevo.· Giant Hercules transport aircraft were touching down at Aldergrove Airport every few minutes.
· On Monday Darlington council's transport committee will be recommended to join the steering group and appoint a member.· Darlington transport committee heard yesterday Mr Drury has to write frequently to parents asking them not to park near the entrance.· The transport committee yesterday approved plans to build another boat.· Yesterday's transport committee heard that a group is being set up to consider all aspects of rail travel in the North-East.· Yesterday members of Darlington council's transport committee asked officers to think again about solving the problems of speed monitoring.· The borough council's officers' traffic group have visited the site and a report was discussed at Monday's transport committee.
· That is due not just to its comparatively high transport costs but to its low density.· Trade will reduce welfare when transport costs are sufficiently close to prohibitive and increase it when they are sufficiently low.· Any exports to the mainland have to bear high transport costs.· In this chapter we approach the effects of transport costs in two ways.· Integrating transport costs into a general equilibrium trade model is a messy affair even with constant returns and perfect competition.· Neither do they take into account the additional disadvantages associated with increasing remoteness, such as transport costs.· But this does not mean that lowering transport costs always raises welfare.
· Do you want to be close to work or near transport facilities?· This project was promoted by Lord Egremont who wished to improve the condition of local agriculture by upgrading transport facilities.· It also necessitates major improvements to public transport facilities.· Or they may move because their old location is not well placed for transport facilities.· The provision of freight handling and transport facilities at stations and other locations.· The study aims to see how far problems of these areas are caused by inadequate transport facilities.
· In the aerospace and transport industries, scientists and engineers use stoichiometric procedures to calculate fuel needs.· It has already found uses in the transport industry.· Until now, people working in the transport industry have tended to specialise in one aspect of the distribution business.· Nationalization in the transport industries produced neither outstanding industrial relations nor employee commitment.· Section 8 grants A road haulage business seeking to expand need not restrict itself entirely to the road transport industry.· These losses are concentrated mainly in the transport industries, aIthough the numbers employed in personal services have also declined.· The burgeoning air transport industry is presenting huge opportunities for enterprise.
· Mr Norris said standards applied in reaching the decision were the same as those used for all other major transport infrastructure projects.· Provisions for cyclists will therefore require both the use of existing transport infrastructure and special facilities for cyclists.· What Britain needs is serious government investment in public transport infrastructure-and lower fares.· Other measures proposed include action to tackle traffic flows, and greater environmental considerations of spending on new transport infrastructure.· That is why the Government are committed to an expanded roads programme and continuing major investment in our transport infrastructure.· We support the location of new industrial and commercial developments in areas already well-served by good transport infrastructure and public transport.· Over the next three years we are committed to the biggest investment in Britain's transport infrastructure in our history.· But he also believes that some public money will be needed to develop the transport infrastructure necessary to complement development.
· If you were transport minister, what would be your first action?
· So does the vulnerability of people at work, or moving through the transport networks, or living near large industrial plants.· However, in order for this to be successful, the transport network of the area must be greatly improved.· It formed urban areas, with their large pools of labour, shopping centres and transport networks.· It was noted that private farms faced difficulties both in obtaining equipment and because of poor sales and transport networks.· Almost 250 car parks across the province will be cleaned to help raise awareness of the litter problem in the transport network.· Many have returned this time much earlier than usual, increasing the pressure on the overcrowded transport network.· Mr Hunter's book is unusual in that this is the first volume of the history of a passenger transport network.
· Another is the fares paid on passenger transport.· This research project examines the contrast between policies of integration and competition in the passenger transport industry.· The subsidies mentioned in the table are mainly directed to housing, passenger transport and other economic affairs and services.· Edinburgh's transport Railway histories are innumerable and road passenger transport histories are by no means rare.· Mr Hunter's book is unusual in that this is the first volume of the history of a passenger transport network.
· Other aircrew who died in the crash were ... In Lyneham, the transport planes were flying again today.· The Marine Corps has 24 medium lift helicopters and 12 transport planes based at the station.· It was designed to be a troop transport plane.· There they would be loaded board three transport planes and flown to Tabriz.· The camels had already seen two Junkers Tri-Motor transport planes come in, so they were not impressed by a Heinkel 111.· An occasional transport plane came in to Berna airfield at Benghazi.· They're taking in flour, grain and oil on Hercules transport planes.
· Is our transport policy a waste of money?· A transport policy which advocates private cars is not a policy which protects the environment.· Most daring of all, he calls his plan a national transport policy.· His initiatives in the field of transport policy have included a number of environmental strands.· A Tory Transport Secretary pledging a national transport policy and oodles of public money for services that don't make money.· Higher taxes on motorists should be only one measure in the context of a wider environment and transport policy.· Has transport policy lost its way?· Environmentalists now say that a completely new transport policy is essential to curb the effects vehicles are having on our planet.
· The use of buses is becoming even more important in relation to rail transport.· This is likely to provide a further obstacle to clear and stable objectives for rail transport.· Programme contracts were also to govern the implementation of the 1987 rail transport plan.
· After much deliberation, six horse-drawn vehicles were selected to complement the existing road transport collections.· Other agreements were concluded concerning border crossings, agricultural, scientific and cultural co-operation, recognition of educational qualifications and road transport.· Section 8 grants A road haulage business seeking to expand need not restrict itself entirely to the road transport industry.· This stopped after the bad winter of 1962-3 in the face of increasing competition from road transport on the new motorway system.· The biggest growth in carbon dioxide emissions, implicated in the major problem confronting humanity's survival, is from road transport.· Sea, inland waterway, and road transport came under the control of the Commissariat as well as the railways.· Cost benefit analysis particularly in conjunction with road transport.· Unless you specialize in this form of road transport, you are likely to fall outside the strict confines of statutory regulations.
· A minimal public transport service was in operation.· Consider the benefits of introducing a health authority transport service.· A single Minister will be given responsibility for coordinating London's transport services.· Land freight transport services contributed £353m in 1991, an increase of more than £30m on 1990.· Although no public transport service precisely covers the above itinerary in that form, local public transport makes the main points accessible.· For example, routes will frequently be made economical only if adults are taken on the school transport services.· By Road Carnlough is 35 miles from Belfast and is well connected with regular transport services.· Public transport services clearly have direct benefits to those who use them but there are additional benefits of public transport provision.
· Labour's transport spokesman, John Prescott, called on the Government to rescue the project by taking it into public control.
· Because they have money and because there is a good transport system, farmers also buy concentrated feedstuffs, called concentrates.· Without the transport system the economy had to change.· There have been two major approaches to characterising acid-base transport systems.· People will remain disabled and dependent until they have access to the public transport systems which exclude them.· Malabsorption of NaCl as a result of dysfunction of acid-base transport systems may be important in the pathogenesis of diarrhoeal disease.· In fact, whilst some economic areas, especially the transport system, did improve in 1945, inflation grew worse.· Female speaker I think we won't get a unified transport system.· Neither the price nor any other characteristic of the transport system enters into it.
· But transport workers say bus seats are safer as they are.· And bringing an already faltering economy to its knees, transport workers brought the country to a virtual standstill in December.· Unions supporting the motion included the transport workers, shop workers and public employees.· Five explosions on buses in the early hours were carried out in support of a strike by public transport workers.· A strike of transport workers in Krakow spread to other cities on Nov. 16.· Many councillors, moreover, are builders, businessmen, transport workers, accountants and so forth who may have appropriate specialist knowledge.· There are no regulations which limit the hours ships' crews work, unlike land transport workers.
VERB· They were keen to combat acid rain, freeze carbon dioxide emissions and improve public transport.· For example, the Docklands Light Railway has improved public transport within a traditionally isolated part of London.· Why not spend some of that money on improving public transport schemes - more energy efficient, safer and less polluting?· Wearing his transport hat, Mr Prescott came up with several strategies for improving public transport and taking cars off the road.· We will improve public transport, reduce traffic congestion, and encourage pedestrianisation and cycling schemes.· We will support rural schools and improve public transport.· The money will go towards improving transport, cleaning up the environment and creating jobs.· We need more money to improve transport in London, and provide jobs where people need them.
· The best policies will also provide transport to another resort if yours has insufficient snow.· We will tackle the problem of congestion and environmental damage by enabling local authorities to provide better quality transport.· Two of the rigs were to provide transport for the ordinary sect members, after their release.· Mr Brown will draw up a multimillion-pound scheme to provide subsidised transport for people who find work.· In addition, evidence has been provided for an active transport mechanism in the human intestinal mucosa.· The Government has offered to provide transport and care for sixty children in need of treatment.· They provided transport whenever we needed it, although sometimes it arrived a bit late!
· Both Mancetter and Oxfordshire are well inland for convenient harbours, but this may not have prevented them from using water-borne transport.· In fact, bicycles were used for serious transport of goods.· Passengers Canals were used not only for transport of goods but also for ferrying passengers and for the occasional pleasure trip.· They usually walk, or, if the distance is far, use public transport.· Husqvarna reckons the bikes could even be used as daily transport.· In mountain areas use motorised transport sparingly and park considerately.· Caught by surprise, we used whatever means of transport were available.· Building the waterways Since very early times the rivers of Britain have been used for water transport.
WORD FAMILYnountransporttransportationtransporterverbtransport
1[uncountable] British English a system or method for carrying passengers or goods from one place to another SYN transportation American Englishair/rail/road transport Improved rail transport is essential for business. commuters who travel on public transport (=buses, trains etc) It’s easier to get to the college if you have your own transport (=a car, bicycle etc).means/mode/form of transport Horses were the only means of transport.GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?In this meaning, transport is an uncountable noun and has no plural form. You say: · Public transport is very cheap. ✗Don’t say: public transportsGrammar guide ‒ NOUNS2[uncountable] the process or business of taking goods from one place to another SYN transportation American Englishtransport of Canals were used for the transport of goods.3[countable] a ship or aircraft for carrying soldiers or supplies4be in a transport of delight/joy etc literary to be feeling very strong emotions of pleasure, happiness etcCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + transportroad transport· Buses are the safest form of road transport in this country.rail transport· Freight delivery costs could be reduced substantially by using rail transport.air transport· The air transport industry is presently going through a period of change.public transport (=buses, trains etc that are available for everyone to use)· We recommend that you travel by public transport.private transport (=a vehicle that you own and drive)· 77 percent of respondents in the survey had regular access to private transport.transport + NOUNthe transport system· We will create a better, more integrated transport system.transport costs· We must ensure that transport costs are kept low.transport links· The region has good transport links to the capital.phrasesa means/mode/form of transport· Horses and carts were the only means of transport.have your own transport· The supermarket offers a free bus service for customers who do not have their own transport.transport1 nountransport2 verb
transporttrans‧port2 /trænˈspɔːt $ -ɔːrt/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive usually + adverb/preposition] WORD ORIGINtransport2
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French transporter, from Latin, from portare ‘to carry’VERB TABLE
transport
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | transport |
| he, she, it | transports | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | transported |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have transported |
| he, she, it | has transported | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had transported |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will transport |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have transported |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am transporting |
| he, she, it | is transporting | |
| you, we, they | are transporting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was transporting |
| you, we, they | were transporting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been transporting |
| he, she, it | has been transporting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been transporting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be transporting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been transporting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Raw materials were transported to Phoenix from the reservations.
- The company transports meat across the country in refrigerated containers.
- The incident raised concerns about the safety and security of nuclear weapons being transported through Europe.
- The plane is used for transporting military personnel.
- Also, while being transported by wind, it will have been exposed to sunlight for a considerable time prior to deposition.
- An ambulance service volunteered its equipment to transport a severely crippled man home for weekends.
- He wants to sit next to her while facing a big screen and being transported by big-budget suspense or mayhem.
- It took a hundred and fifty lorries to transport it to its home in Swindon.
- Radiation is released during the handling and treatment of radioactive materials and as they are transported to and from nuclear sites.
- The rest we had to transport up to the second and fourth floors, up steep, dark steps!
- To become a reality, electronic commerce needs a network infrastructure to transport the content.
THESAURUS
to move or go with someone or something from one place to another: · Don’t forget to take your keys.· Shall I take you home?· I took Alice a cup of tea.
to take someone or something to the place where you are now: · We’ve brought someone to see you!· Will you bring your photos with you when you come?
to take large quantities of goods from one place to another in a plane, train, ship etc: · The plane is used for transporting military equipment.· The coal was transported by rail.
to take goods, letters, newspapers etc to someone’s home or office: · Unfortunately, the package was delivered to the wrong address.
to take someone or something somewhere by plane: · The bread is specially flown in from Paris.
to take goods from one place to another – this can be by ship, truck, plane, or train: · Half the whisky is shipped to Japan and the US.
to take people or goods somewhere – used especially when saying how many people or things, or what kind: · The new plane can carry up to 600 passengers.· The ship was carrying a full cargo of oil.
to take someone to a place by going in front of them: · He led Julia through the house to his study.· Roland led the way back to the car in silence.
to take someone to a place and show them the way: · Emily guided him through a side gate into a large garden.
to take someone to a place and protect or guard them: · The prisoner was escorted into the room by two police officers.· The singer was escorted by her assistant and her bodyguard.
to politely lead someone somewhere and show them where to go, especially because it is your job to do this: · We were ushered into the lift by a man in uniform.
Longman Language Activatorto take someone or something from one place to another to have someone or something with you when you go to another place: · Don't forget to take your keys.· I've started taking a packed lunch to work to save money.take somebody/something to/out/into/home etc: · "Where's Dan?" "He's taken the car to the garage."· I can't stop, I've got to take the kids to school.· She was taken straight into the emergency room when we arrived.· Would you like me to take you home?· Are we allowed to take library books home with us?take somebody something: · I took Alice a cup of tea.take somebody/something with you: · Did he take the camera with him?· Take the dogs with you if you're going for a walk.
if someone brings a person or thing to the place where you are, they have that person or thing with them when they come: · I brought my Nikes - they're about the only decent shoes I have.· We've brought someone to see you!bring somebody to/into/out/home etc: · Everyone's bringing a bit of food and a bottle to the party.· When are you going to bring him in for his injections?· The only time we use the VCR is when they bring Joey to our house.· I brought some work home and tried to get it finished in the evening.bring somebody something: · Robert asked the waiter to bring him the check.bring somebody/something with you: · I hope he hasn't brought his brother with him.· Is it okay if I bring some clothes with me to wash?
to move large quantities of goods or large numbers of people from one place to another, especially over a large distance: · The plane is used for transporting military personnel.transport somebody/something to/from/across etc: · The company transports meat across the country in refrigerated containers.· Raw materials were transported to Phoenix from the reservations. · The incident raised concerns about the safety and security of nuclear weapons being transported through Europe.
to take letters, newspapers, goods etc to someone's home or office: · Your computer will be delivered between 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.· How soon can you deliver?deliver something to somebody/something: · If your order is ready, it will be delivered to you tomorrow. · Unfortunately the package was delivered to the wrong address.
to take someone to a place and make sure they cannot escape or that they arrive there safely: escort somebody to/into/out etc: · The prisoner was escorted into the room by two police officers.· The guards escorted them to a waiting helicopter.· After he was sacked, he was escorted discreetly from the building by two senior managers.
if the police, guards, or people who are looking after someone whisk someone away they take them away from a place very quickly, especially in a car: · He refused to talk to reporters and was whisked away by the authorities to an undisclosed location. · Two police officers stood outside, waiting to whisk her away as soon as she came out.
to take someone from one place to another in a car or other road vehicle: drive somebody to/from/home etc: · The terrorists forced Mr Grey to drive them to the airport.· Tyson declined to give any comment to reporters and was driven away by a friend.· She didn't really want to drive herself to the doctor, so I said I'd take her.· Wayne usually drives Patti home from class because they live quite close to each other.
to take people or goods from one place to another by plane: fly somebody/something to/from/back etc: · His company flew him to Rio to attend the conference.· I'm not allowed to fly visitors into the National Park area without permission.· Medical equipment and food are being flown into the areas worst hit by the disaster.
to take goods a long distance to another place in a ship , plane, truck or train, so that they can be used or sold: ship something to/from/back etc: · About half of the whisky produced in Scotland is shipped to Japan and the US.· I'm a manufacturer, and I ship electronic goods across the Mexican border, so the new levies will definitely affect my business.
if a ship, plane, train, or road vehicle carries people or goods, it takes them from one place to another: · Air India carried 1.66 million passengers last year.· The Jeep was carrying six men from the artillery brigade. Only one survived.carry somebody/something to/from/across etc: · The ship was carrying a cargo of oil from Kuwait to Japan.· The train was carrying passengers from Moscow to St Petersburg.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the most efficient mode of transport
British English (=a cheap café beside a main road, mainly for lorry drivers)· Many transport cafés serve great breakfasts.
· They had to pay £30,000 in legal costs.
British English, a means of transportation American English (=a way of travelling, for example using a car, bus, bicycle etc)· The tram is an efficient means of transport.
the most efficient mode of transport (=for carrying military equipment and soldiers)· Heavily-laden transport planes can only land if there is a long runway.
British English, public transportation American English (=buses, trains etc)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Our aim is to transport goods from site to site so that requirements are fulfilled from the stocks available at other sites.· Artix of Peterlee, vehicle to transport goods.· He need not, however, transport the goods but can wait for the trader to come and collect them.
· Blue Circle of Eastgate, vehicles to transport materials.· The procuticle is probably secreted around them and they may also transport material to the outer procuticle and epicuticle.
· Non-local workers were transported by plane and housed in large, specially built camps or in adjacent accommodation ships.
· Until after the 1939-45 war, nearly all the country's milk was transported by rail.
· You know and I know what 100 planes can do to troops, to towns and to transport on roads.· From here the components of the Hercules will be transported by road to the Museum's storage facility.
· Norman ore was to have been smelted there with Ruhr coal, transported cheaply by sea.
· But all that changed when the Cali cartel switched tactics and started relying more on ships and trucks to transport drugs.
· The ironwork was cast in Dudley by Benjamin Gibbon and transported by water, eventually reaching the banks of the Stroudwater canal.· The number of trips that can be expected for a spacecraft that transports water back from an asteroid is difficult to estimate.· Elsewhere, railway lines tapped more effectively crops which had formerly been transported on water, by animals, or by porters.· As the base grows, the cost of transporting the necessary water, oxygen, and food becomes ever more prohibitive.· All three have within their stems strong woody vessels to transport the water absorbed by their roots.
· The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.· As you walk the hallways, with their institutional floors and smudged walls, you can be transported half way around the world.· At the mention of the name Disraeli, Mark had been transported into a world of his own.· It was a magic broom to transport me to another world, from poverty to riches.· He was transporting her to another world, and she responded to him with uninhibited abandon.· Ecstasy is a flight of the mind in which the mystic describes himself as being transported to another world.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be transported with delight/joy etc
- He had only to pick one of them up to be transported back to the time and place of its acquisition.
- Years later, at a sound, sight or scent, you can be transported back to that place.
WORD FAMILYnountransporttransportationtransporterverbtransport
1to take goods, people etc from one place to another in a vehicle: trucks used for transporting oiltransport somebody/something to something The statue was transported to London.► see thesaurus at take2be transported back to/into something to imagine that you are in another place or time because of something that you see or hear: One look, and I was transported back to childhood.3be transported with delight/joy etc literary to feel very strong emotions of pleasure, happiness etc4to send a criminal to a distant country such as Australia as a punishment in the past—transportable adjective