# transporting

Pronunciation: US say "trans-PORT-ing" /tɹænsˈpɔɹtɪŋ/; UK say "trans-PAWT-ing" /tɹænsˈpɔːtɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of transport. — present participle and gerund of transport
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of transport. Use this form when the moving is happening now or named as an activity.
   - _The company is transporting medical supplies to remote villages._
   - _Transporting livestock over long distances requires careful planning._

## Noun

2. The act of sending a convicted criminal to a distant penal colony as a form of punishment.
   - Simple: The punishment of sending a criminal away to a faraway land for a set number of years.
   - _The magistrate handed down a sentence of transporting, and the convict was shipped off within the month._
   - _Transporting to the colonies emptied the overcrowded jails of London._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — Formed from "transport" combined with the suffix "-ing".
**Meaning 2** — From Middle English "transportyng", equivalent to "transport" plus the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/transporting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).