convoy

[kon-voi, kuhn-voi, kon-voi]

verb (used with object)

1. to accompany or escort, usually for protection.

   A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.

noun

1. the act of convoying.

2. the protection provided by an escort.

3. a ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort.

4. an armed force, warship, etc., that escorts, especially for protection.

5. any group of military vehicles traveling together under the same orders.

6. Citizens Band Radio Slang.,  two or more CB-equipped vehicles traveling together.

convoy

/ ˈkɒnvɔɪ /

noun

1. a group of merchant ships with an escort of warships

2. a group of land vehicles assembled to travel together

3. the act of travelling or escorting by convoy (esp in the phrase in convoy )

verb

1. (tr) to escort while in transit

Other Word Forms

• unconvoyed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of convoy¹

1325–75; Middle English convoyen < Middle French convoier, Anglo-French conveier to convey

Word History and Origins

Origin of convoy¹

C14: from Old French convoier to _convey

Synonym Study

See accompany.

Example Sentences

We then zoomed off in the motorcade towards Jerusalem, along the Route 1 motorway which had been completely cleared for the presidential convoy.

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His convoy was pelted with rocks on the campaign trail.

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When the convoy of vans and military vehicles bearing the first group passed by, the crowd erupted in a flurry of cheers.

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A Red Cross convoy is on its way to pick up a first batch of Israeli hostages to be freed by Hamas as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, the Israeli military said Monday.

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As Kadiwala drove into the enclave in a United Nations convoy late last year, he saw an endless expanse of gray rubble.

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