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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
conveys, conveying, conveyed |
| definition 1: |
to carry from one place or person to another.
- synonyms:
- carry, transfer, transport
- similar words:
- bear, bring, cart, channel, deliver, empty, fetch, give, haul, lug, move, take, tote, transmit
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| definition 2: |
to serve as a means of transmitting, transferring, or carrying.
Wires can convey electricity.- synonyms:
- carry, channel, conduct, send, transmit
- similar words:
- dispatch, move
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| definition 3: |
to communicate (meaning or feeling); express.
Your choice of words depends on the meaning you want to convey.His expression conveyed little emotion.
- synonyms:
- communicate, express, impart
- similar words:
- disclose, divulge, give, relate, reveal, signify, speak
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| definition 4: |
in law, to transfer ownership of.
- synonyms:
- transfer
- similar words:
- bequeath, cede, deed, grant, will
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| related words: |
channel, conduct, denote, distribute, endow, fly, freight, give, import, negotiate, pack, pass, recite, run, say, send, transmit |
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| derivation: |
conveyable (adj.) |
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