TELEPORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teleport mean? 

• TELEPORT (verb)
  The verb TELEPORT has 1 sense:

1. transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another

  Familiarity information: TELEPORT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEPORT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they teleport    ... he / she / it teleports   
Past simple: teleported   
Past participle: teleported   
-ing form: teleporting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "teleport" is one way to...):

transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)

Domain category:

science fiction (literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

teleportation (a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another)

 Context examples 

All in all, the team had a 91 percent success rate in getting the particles ‘teleported’ – which is a very solid result, according to the researchers.

(Scientists ‘Teleport’ Data between Chips for First Time, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists managed to instantly “teleport” data between two chips that are not connected for the very first time.

(Scientists ‘Teleport’ Data between Chips for First Time, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)