convey

American  

[kuhn-vey] / kənˈveɪ /

verb (used with object)

1. to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.

   Synonyms:

   move

2. to communicate; impart; make known.

   to convey a wish.

3. to lead or conduct, as a channel or medium; transmit

4. Law.  to transfer; pass the title to.

5. Archaic.  steal; purloin.

6. Obsolete.  to take away secretly.

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convey British  

/ kənˈveɪ /

verb

1. to take, carry, or transport from one place to another

2. to communicate (a message, information, etc)

3. (of a channel, path, etc) to conduct, transmit, or transfer

4. law to transmit or transfer (the title to property)

5. archaic  to steal

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Related Words

See carry.

Other Word Forms

• conveyable adjective
• preconvey verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of convey

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English conveyen, from Anglo-French conveier, from unattested Vulgar Latin conviāre, equivalent to con- “with, together, completely” + -viāre, derivative of via “way”; con- ( def. ), via ( def. )

Example Sentences

Even Hezbollah, the Shia Muslim political party and militia considered a terrorist organisation by countries including the UK and US, conveyed its greetings.

From BBC

Feelings are conveyed with such airs that the poetry of a moment of silence disappears the instant someone speaks.

From Salon

ACA neurons conveyed more detailed visual information than ORB neurons and were more responsive to changes in contrast.

From Science Daily

This talent for precisely calibrating the elements that convey status and fashionability is probably possible only in someone with intimate knowledge of social insecurity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Griffin balances these journal entries with more downbeat ones, which conveyed the precariousness of these transformed lives.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• communicate
• disclose
• impart
• pass on
• reveal
• send
• tell
• transmit