V n prep/adv 5 verb If you say that you are transported to another place or time, you mean that something causes you to feel that you are living in the other place or at the other time. mainly LITERARY Dr Drummond felt that he had been transported into a world that rivalled the Arabian Nights...be V-ed prep/adv. n-uncount Transport is the activity of taking goods or people from one place to another in a vehicle. (mainly BRIT). Local production virtually eliminates transport costs. in AM, usually use transportation. 4 verb To transport people or goods somewhere is to take them from one place to another in a vehicle.