Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Passionate; excessive.
- Having the power to transport or move from one place to another; transporting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Serving to
transport to another place.
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Examples
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IB: We really wanted people to look at the film and to have a kind of transportive cinematic experience.
The Harvard Crimson | All Articles Madeleine M. Schwartz 2010
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IB: We really wanted people to look at the film and to have a kind of transportive cinematic experience.
The Harvard Crimson | All Articles Madeleine M. Schwartz 2010
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After a set of transportive Simon and Garfunkle hits, Midler joined Simon on stage to sing "The Boxer," closing out the evening, which raised a record $400,000 in a live auction and $2 million more from the ticket sales.
Andrea Chalupa: John Kerry, Paul Simon, Bette Midler at the "other" sanity rally - NYRP's Hulaween Andrea Chalupa 2010
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On the other hand, the transportive nature of the film, the fine acting and the scope still completely blow me away.
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If there were one compliment to pay the film, it would be to the art direction and director of photography Andrew Lesnie, whose visual style is transportive.
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Dark and moody, bold with texture, vintage in feel, self-assured, the room and terrace are transportive to Northern Italy by way of the The Bowery.
David Dixon: Sean MacPherson -- A Creative Director David Dixon 2011
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After a set of transportive Simon and Garfunkle hits, Midler joined Simon on stage to sing "The Boxer," closing out the evening, which raised a record $400,000 in a live auction and $2 million more from the ticket sales.
Andrea Chalupa: John Kerry, Paul Simon, Bette Midler at the "other" sanity rally - NYRP's Hulaween Andrea Chalupa 2010
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Dark and moody, bold with texture, vintage in feel, self-assured, the room and terrace are transportive to Northern Italy by way of the The Bowery.
David Dixon: Sean MacPherson -- A Creative Director David Dixon 2011
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After a set of transportive Simon and Garfunkle hits, Midler joined Simon on stage to sing "The Boxer," closing out the evening, which raised a record $400,000 in a live auction and $2 million more from the ticket sales.
Andrea Chalupa: John Kerry, Paul Simon, Bette Midler at the "other" sanity rally - NYRP's Hulaween Andrea Chalupa 2010
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The Golijov settings were devastatingly gorgeous and amounted to one of those transportive moments in live music when suddenly you are gone, just gone.
Wonder Sandwich 2007
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