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Transport — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conveyance noun The act of transporting or carrying something.
  • shipment noun A batch of goods sent together to a destination.
  • transport verb To carry people or goods from one place to another.
  • transportation noun The act or system of moving people or goods; especially the common American term for this.

Senses

Transport is used for these senses in English:

  • conveyance An act or instance of conveying.
  • shipment The act of transporting goods.
  • transport A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
  • transportation The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

conveyance — full definition

  1. noun The act of transporting or carrying something.
  2. noun (law) A legal document that transfers ownership of property from one party to another.
  3. noun A vehicle or means of transport.

shipment — full definition

  1. noun A batch of goods sent together to a destination.
  2. noun The act or process of transporting goods.

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