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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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Transport (act of transporting).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The transference of the germs of disease from those who are sick to those who are well; infection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The illusion of self-motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: illusion of self-motion, self-motion illusion
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin vectio, from vehere, vectum (“to carry”).
