Topic: CRIME AND LAW
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | transporter, from Latin, from portare 'to carry' |
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trans‧port2
[transitive usually + adverb/preposition]
[transitive usually + adverb/preposition]1 to take goods, people etc from one place to another in a vehicle : trucks used for transporting oil
trucks used for transporting oil2 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.
be transported back to/into something
One look, and I was transported back to childhood.3 to feel very strong emotions of pleasure, happiness etc
be transported with delight/joy etc
literary4SC old use to send a criminal to a distant country as a punishment
—transportable adjective
