convey
[kuhn-vey]
- to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- to communicate; impart; make known: to convey a wish.
- to lead or conduct, as a channel or medium; transmit.
- Law. to transfer; pass the title to.
- Archaic. steal; purloin.
- Obsolete. to take away secretly.
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Origin of convey
Synonyms
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com1. move.
Synonym study
1. See carry.
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Contemporary Examples
Elisabetta Piqué, who knew Bergoglio well as a cardinal, writes in the present tense as if to convey real time passing.
Overall, Paris Magnum reaches both too widely and too thinly in trying to convey a sense of spectrum.
The home was a direct representation of his character, so in place of dialogue, we used props and set design to convey his story.
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In the meantime, who better to convey the film's appeal than Pauline Kael, the fabulous longtime New Yorker movie critic.
The group has also used couriers to convey some messages in order to avoid digital communications altogether.
Historical Examples
But the voice from behind the door was not a servant's, nor did it convey the intelligence we all awaited.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
We can convey the intelligence of your mischance to her: the porter will befriend you.
Calderon The CourtierEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Mr Pancks answered, with an unction which there is no language to convey, 'We rather think so.'
Little DorritCharles Dickens
It is there not so much to convey a meaning as to wake a meaning.
A Dish Of OrtsGeorge MacDonald
When I have no events to relate, still I must write to convey to you my sentiments.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
convey
- to take, carry, or transport from one place to another
- to communicate (a message, information, etc)
- (of a channel, path, etc) to conduct, transmit, or transfer
- law to transmit or transfer (the title to property)
- archaic to steal
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French conveier, from Medieval Latin conviāre to escort, from Latin com- with + via way
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Word Origin and History for convey
v.
c.1300, "to go along with;" late 14c., "to carry, transport;" from Anglo-French conveier, from Old French convoier "to escort" (Modern French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *conviare "to accompany on the way," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + via "way, road" (see via). It was a euphemism for "steal" 15c.-17c., which helped broaden its meaning. Related: Conveyed; conveying.
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