Moving something or someone from one place to another, or being so captivated by something that you forget about everything else.
From Latin 'transportare'—'trans-' (across) plus 'portare' (to carry). Originally meant literally carrying things across distances. By the 1600s, it developed the figurative sense of being emotionally carried away by something.
The word has a beautiful double meaning: you can be 'transported' across the ocean in a ship, or you can be 'transported' by a beautiful piece of music—both involve being carried somewhere, physically or emotionally!
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