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teleport

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɛləpɔː(ɹ)t/
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  • CMU ARPABET: T EH1 L AH0 P AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of teleporter (“science fiction device”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: teleporter

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A satellite ground station.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To travel, often instantaneously, from one point to another without physically crossing the distance between the two points.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To move (an object) in this fashion, as by telekinesis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transport

History

Etymology

Back-formation from teleportation.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English port English teleport From tele- + port.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: телепорти́рам (teleportíram) — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Catalan: teletransportar-se — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傳送 /传送 (chuánsòng) — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Czech: teleportovat — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Danish: teleportere — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Dutch: teleporteren — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Esperanto: teleportiĝi — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Finnish: kaukosiirtyä — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Finnish: etäsiirtyä — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Finnish: teleportata — travel without physically crossing distance
  • French: téléporter — travel without physically crossing distance
  • West-Frisian: teleportearje — travel without physically crossing distance
  • German: teleportieren — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Icelandic: fjarflytja — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Indonesian: melipat bumi — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Indonesian: merentas jarak — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Italian: teletrasportare — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Japanese: テレポート (terepōto) — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Japanese: テレポートする (terepōtosuru) — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Malay: rentas jarak — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Norwegian: teleportere — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Portuguese: teletransportar — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Portuguese: teleportar — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Russian: телепорти́роваться (teleportírovatʹsja) — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Spanish: teletransportar — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Swedish: teleportera — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Turkish: ışınlanmak — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Ukrainian: телепортуватися (teleportuvatysja) — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Vietnamese: dịch chuyển tức thời — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Welsh: telegludo — travel without physically crossing distance
  • Catalan: teletransportar — move an object by teleportation
  • Danish: teleportere — move an object by teleportation
  • Esperanto: teleporti — move an object by teleportation
  • Finnish: kaukosiirtää — move an object by teleportation
  • Finnish: etäsiirtää — move an object by teleportation
  • Finnish: teleportata — move an object by teleportation
  • French: téléporter — move an object by teleportation
  • West-Frisian: teleportearje — move an object by teleportation
  • German: teleportieren — move an object by teleportation
  • Icelandic: fjarflytja — move an object by teleportation
  • Indonesian: meneleportasi — move an object by teleportation
  • Italian: teletrasportare — move an object by teleportation
  • Japanese: テレポート (terepōto) — move an object by teleportation
  • Japanese: テレポートする (terepōtosuru) — move an object by teleportation
  • Norwegian: teleportere — move an object by teleportation
  • Portuguese: teletransportar — move an object by teleportation
  • Romanian: teleporta — move an object by teleportation
  • Russian: телепорти́ровать (teleportírovatʹ) — move an object by teleportation
  • Spanish: teletransportar — move an object by teleportation
  • Swedish: teleportera — move an object by teleportation
  • Welsh: telegludo — move an object by teleportation
Real reading context

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