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shipping
1[ship-ing]
noun
the act or practice of discussing, writing about, or hoping for a romantic relationship between fictional characters, as in fan fiction, or between famous people, whether or not the romance actually exists in the book, show, etc., or in real life.
the shipping of TV characters;
shipping in webcomics.
shipping
2[ship-ing]
noun
the act or business of a person or thing that ships.
a number of ships, especially merchant ships, taken as a whole; tonnage.
Obsolete., a voyage.
shipping
/ ˈʃɪpɪŋ /
noun
the business of transporting freight, esp by ship
( as modifier )
a shipping magnate
shipping line
ships collectively
there is a lot of shipping in the Channel
the tonnage of a number of ships
shipping for this year exceeded that of last
Other Word Forms
- nonshipping adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of shipping1
Example Sentences
Bangladesh signed on Monday a 30-year lease with global shipping giant Maersk to run a new container terminal at its largest port, a major deal inked despite dockers' concerns.
Airlines for America, a trade group representing commercial carriers, said the industry was planning for a record 31 million passengers during the coming Thanksgiving travel period, along with a busy shipping season.
Not just stock prices but weather patterns, shipping rates, political polls, satellite imagery.
Iran has periodically seized tankers and cargo ships travelling in and around the Persian Gulf, which is a key global shipping route for oil and liquefied natural gas.
Over the years, Chinese suppliers that Tesla has been working with in China have increasingly been shipping parts globally for the carmaker’s factories elsewhere.
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When To Use
Shipping is the act of wanting two or more fictional characters or celebrities to end up in a relationship, usually romantic.
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