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transporting

v.
B1 Intermediate US //tɹænˈspɔɹtɪŋ// UK //tɹænspˈɔːtɪŋ// trans·port·ing

v. to move people or goods from one place to another using a vehicle like a car, truck, or ship. It can also mean to make you feel like you are in a different place or time.

v. to carry, move, or convey people or goods from one location to another, typically via a vehicle or vessel. In a figurative sense, it describes the effect of art or music that makes the observer feel as if they are in a different environment.


SIMPLE

The company is transporting the new cars by train.

CONTEXTUAL

The local council is responsible for transporting students from rural areas to the central high school every morning.

COMPLEX

The novelist's vivid descriptions of the bustling 1920s jazz clubs succeed in transporting the reader to a bygone era of glamour and social upheaval.

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Etymology 1

From transport + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English transportyng, equivalent to transport + -ing.

Usage

The verb is transitive and requires a direct object.

Pitfall

The bus is transporting to the city.The bus is transporting passengers to the city.Transporting is transitive; you must specify what or who is being moved.

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