shipping

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The transportation of goods.
2. (countable, uncountable) The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
3. (countable, uncountable) Passage or transport on a ship.
4. (countable, uncountable) The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.
5. (countable, uncountable) Navigation.

Verb

present participle and gerund of ship

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ship

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Synonyms

transport

navigation

transportation

shipment

forwarding

conveyance

sending

loading

cargo ships

merchant marine

conveying

merchant vessels

transferral

transit

marine

ship

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hauling

lading

mission

navigating

navy

postage

sailing

shipments

steamship

tonnage

traffic

transporting

truckage

trucking

vessel

watercraft

Navy

outgoing freight

ship’s hold

freight space

deliver goods

ocean shipping

pilotage proper

charge send

delivering of goods

send out goods

make deliveries

load and transport

draft

argosy

draught

boarding

boat

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bottoms

Translations

Versendung

embarque

navigation

transport

naviglio

transporte

Versand

expédition

flotta

navires

transport

Transport

navili

Spedition

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɪpɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship + -ing.