Transported

How to spell transported

11 letters · 3 syllables

How to pronounce transported

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What does transported mean?

1. verbCarried or moved from one place to another.
2. verbOverwhelmed and carried away by an intense feeling such as joy.

Transported in a sentence

• The furniture was transported to the new office in a single van.

• She was utterly transported by the beauty of the concert.

• The injured climber had to be transported down the mountain by helicopter.

• The audience seemed transported by the closing scene of the play.

Where does transported come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word descends from the Latin verb transportare, which combined trans, meaning 'across' or 'beyond', with portare, meaning 'to carry'. The literal sense was therefore 'to carry something across', and that physical idea of moving goods or people from one place to another is still the core meaning today. English took the verb in through Old French during the late Middle Ages, and the past form was created simply by adding the regular English -ed ending. The same portare root supplies a large family of relatives, including 'porter', 'export', 'import', and 'portable', all of which carry the notion of carrying. A vivid older sense survives too: in the 1700s convicts were 'transported' to penal colonies, and people could also be 'transported' with delight, meaning carried away by strong emotion.

How the word is built

• trans- (across)
• port (carry, from Latin portare)
• -ed (past tense/participle suffix)