
[Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier, from Medieval Latin conviāre, to escort : Latin com-, com- + via, way.]
conveyable con·vey'a·ble adj.SYNONYMS convey, carry, bear, transport, transmit. These verbs refer to movement from one place to another. Convey often implies continuous, regular movement or flow: Pipelines convey water. The word also means to serve as a medium for delivery or transmission: A fleet of trucks will convey the produce to the market. Carry often means to support something while moving: The train carries baggage, mail, and passengers. The term can also refer to conveyance through a channel or medium: Nerve cells carry and receive nervous impulses. Bear strongly suggests the effort of supporting an important burden: The envoy bore the sad news. Transport is largely limited to the movement over a considerable distance: Huge tankers are used to transport oil. Transmit refers to passing along, sending, or communicating something: Please transmit the stock certificates by special messenger. The word also means to serve as a medium for the movement of physical phenomena such as light, electricity, or sound: "The motion is transmitted from particle to particle, to a great distance" (Thomas H. Huxley).
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verb
Definition: express message
Antonyms: keep secret, refrain, withhold
v
Definition: transport
Antonyms: hold, keep, maintain, retain
A truck was usually used to convey the goods to the store.
Tutor's tip: I wanted to "convey" (to communicate) my best wishes to the Admiral, but he was at the head of the "convoy" (a protected group of vehicles, such as ships) and I could not get near him.
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - transportere, give, gengive, overføre, tilskøde
Nederlands (Dutch)
overbrengen, vervoeren, eigendomsrecht overdragen
Français (French)
v. tr. - transmettre, communiquer, exprimer, faire savoir à qn, traduire (une impression, des images), transporter, acheminer, (Jur) transmettre (une propriété, etc)
Deutsch (German)
v. - befördern, vermitteln, übermitteln
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μεταβιβάζω, μεταφέρω, διαβιβάζω, κομίζω, αποδίδω (νόημα), εκφράζω, (νομ.) εκχωρώ, μεταγράφω
Italiano (Italian)
trasportare, esprimere, trasmettere, comunicare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - transportar, comunicar, transferir (propriedade)
Русский (Russian)
доставлять, означать, передавать, сообщать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - transportar, acarrear, llevar, sugerir, traspasar, transmitir, comunicar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - föra, medföra, överbringa, framföra, leda (vatten mm), meddela, överlåta (jur.)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
搬运, 转让, 传达
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 搬運, 轉讓, 傳達
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 나르다, 의미 등을 전달하다, 양도하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 運ぶ, 伝える, 伝達する, 譲渡する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) حمل, نقل, أوصل, بلغ, نقل ملكيه عقار
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - מסר, העביר
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