Convey Meaning
/kənˈveɪ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo move (something) from one place to another.
verbTo take or carry (someone) from one place to another.
Sentence Examples
It is difficult to convey the meaning exactly.
Buses, trains and planes convey passengers.
Colours like red convey a sense of energy and strength.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please ____ my deepest sympathy to your family during this sad time.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is difficult to ____ the meaning exactly.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier (French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *convio, from Classical Latin via (“way”). Compare convoy.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there […]"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 5:8-9:
"The Fallopian Tubes, or oviducts, convey the ova from the ovaries to the cavity of the uterus."
— 1858, Henry Gray, Female Organs of Generation, London: John W. Parker & Son, page 688:
"The normal methods of road delivery are by driving the cars individually, or by car transporters which convey as many as eight vehicles on massive articulated double-deck trailers."
— 1960 June, “British cars go by rail: I-The L.M.R wins new Anglo-Scottish traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 335:
"Convey me to my bed, then to my grave:
Love they to live that love and honour have."
— 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene 1]:
"[…] the false Tyrant seiz’d the Princely Maid,
And to a Lodge in distant Woods convey’d;"
— 1717, Samuel Croxall, transl., Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books, Translated by the Most Eminent Hands, London: Jacob Tonson, Book the Sixth, p. 200:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please ____ my deepest sympathy to your family during this sad time.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is difficult to ____ the meaning exactly.