convey

Meaning

  1. To move (something) from one place to another.
  2. (dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.
  3. To communicate; to make known; to portray.
  4. To transfer legal rights (to).
  5. (obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
  6. (obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.

Synonyms

carry
A2
transmit
C2
transport
B2
transfer
B2
take
A1
communicate
B2
deliver
B1
bring
A1
inform
B2
express
B2
hand over
conduct
B2
lead
A2
pass
A2
tell
A1
bear
A2
🐻
report
A2
impart
28k
move
A1
pass on
hand
A1
✋
assign
C2
haul
C1
fetch
B2
take across
announce
B2
take away
give
A1
channel
B2
get
A1
relocate
20k

move across

forward
A2
drive
A2
signify
26k
ship
A2
🚢
show
A1
accompany
C1
remove
B1
escort
B2
mean
A1
put
A1
take to
speak
A1
🗣️
imply
C2
indicate
C1
shift
B1
alienate
32k
render
C2
cede
49k
Translations

communiquer
übertragen
trasportare
transmettre
transmitir
übermitteln
transporter
portare
comunicar
comunicar
transportieren
trazer
trasmettere
bringen
transportar
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈveɪ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
conveien
Cognate with French
French
convoyer
In summary

From Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier (French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *convio, from Classical Latin via (“way”). Compare convoy.

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