conveying

American

[kuhn-vey-ing] / kənˈveɪ ɪŋ /

noun

the act or process of carrying or bringing something from one location to another.

Industrial narrow-gauge railways were used in mining, logging, and the conveying of agricultural products, among other things.
the act or process of communicating or relaying information, emotions, etc..

Many people believe that journalists must be totally neutral, that news is the conveying of fact and nothing more.
Law. the act of transferring the title to property.

I help my clients grasp the complex legal process involved in the conveying of a property from seller to buyer.

adjective

carrying something from one place to another or communicating information.

Where there is a density difference between the conveying liquid and the solid particles it carries, the particles will tend to settle.

Etymology

Origin of conveying

First recorded in 1480–90; convey ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun senses; convey ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective sense

Example Sentences

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While Davies speaks some French, he found it difficult conveying just how much pain he was in, and he spent eight days in hospital undergoing tests.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Just be sure that tonally you are conveying excitement and curiosity, not skepticism.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

Next to her was a 72-year-old cult-legend laptop composer dressed in black and wearing his trademark fedora, conveying ageless cool.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

The recording throughout “Blizzard” is dry and light on processing, keeping the grain of the acoustic instruments pure and conveying honesty while emphasizing dynamics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

If my organelles are really symbiotic bacteria, colonizing me, what’s to prevent them from catching a virus, or if they have such a thing as lysogeny, from conveying a phage to other organelles?

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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