convey

[kuhn-vey]

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verb (used with object)

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.

Origin of convey

1250–1300; Middle English conveyen < Anglo-French conveier < Vulgar Latin *conviāre, equivalent to con- con- + -viāre, derivative of via way; see via

Related formscon·vey·a·ble, adjectivepre·con·vey, verb (used with object)qua·si-con·veyed, adjectivewell-con·veyed, adjective

Synonyms for convey

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1. move.

Synonym study

1. See carry.

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Related Words for convey

transmit, bring, send, transfer, disclose, reveal, communicate, impart, tell, move, back, dispatch, carry, lead, grant, support, hump, lug, forward, channel

Examples from the Web for convey

Contemporary Examples of convey

Elisabetta Piqué, who knew Bergoglio well as a cardinal, writes in the present tense as if to convey real time passing.
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Jason Berry
December 21, 2014
Overall, Paris Magnum reaches both too widely and too thinly in trying to convey a sense of spectrum.
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Sarah Moroz
December 14, 2014
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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Julia Grinberg
November 28, 2014
In the meantime, who better to convey the film's appeal than Pauline Kael, the fabulous longtime New Yorker movie critic.
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Pauline Kael
November 22, 2014
The group has also used couriers to convey some messages in order to avoid digital communications altogether.
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Shane Harris, Noah Shachtman
November 14, 2014

Historical Examples of convey

But the voice from behind the door was not a servant's, nor did it convey the intelligence we all awaited.
In the Valley
Harold Frederic
We can convey the intelligence of your mischance to her: the porter will befriend you.
Calderon The Courtier
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Mr Pancks answered, with an unction which there is no language to convey, 'We rather think so.'
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
It is there not so much to convey a meaning as to wake a meaning.
A Dish Of Orts
George 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

British Dictionary definitions for convey

convey

verb (tr)

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

Derived Formsconveyable, adjective

Word Origin for convey

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

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.