transported

[trans-pawr-tid, -pohr-]

adjective

1. emotionally moved; ecstatic.

   transported by the music

2. taken or carried from one place to another.

Other Word Forms

• transportedly adverb
• untransported adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of transported¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; transport + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Eight people were transported by either air or ambulance to local hospitals, Shared Health, the provincial health authority, said in a statement to the BBC.

From BBC

Hopes are high that tourists will come back to be transported to Oz, even at a ticket price that costs a chunk of the family farm.

From Los Angeles Times

Sativa says that on the fourth day after being taken, the violence continued as his captors transported him to the Katavi National Park, full of dangerous wild animals, and dragged him towards a river.

From BBC

Most of the CO2 produced is captured, transported and then stored deep underground.

From BBC

Because of the danger posed by the hydropower stations within the Erne system, eels are caught and transported by road to the sea for release.

From BBC