teleported; teleporting; teleports

transitive verb

: to transfer by teleportation

Examples of teleport in a Sentence

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Football fans traveled to see the short-statured star, the kid who teleported his way through defenses. Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Their sweeping glass, jutting forward, teleports you outside the site, cinematically reframing the immediate surroundings, and the city. Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 In experiments, the researchers teleported a 100-pixel image of the letter Q. IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026 But before all that, Diana meets an appealing suitor, Lalo (Andrew Bargsted), who seems to teleport into her birthday party. Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teleport

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from teleportation

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of teleport was in 1931

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“Teleport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teleport. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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