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CONVEY

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of information) make known; pass on

Example:

She conveyed the message to me

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "convey" is one way to...):

give; impart; leave; pass on (transmit (knowledge or skills))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "convey"):

give thanks; thank (express gratitude or show appreciation to)

hint; suggest (drop a hint; intimate by a hint)

say (communicate or express nonverbally)

look (convey by one's expression)

flash (make known or cause to appear with great speed)

breathe (manifest or evince)

evince; express; show (give expression to)

intend; mean (mean or intend to express or convey)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence example:

They convey the information to them

Derivation:

conveyance (the transmission of information)

conveyor (a person who conveys (carries or transmits))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Serve as a means for expressing something

Example:

His voice carried a lot of anger

Synonyms:

carry; convey; express

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "convey" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Verb group:

carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "convey"):

measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Go or come after and bring or take back

Example:

The dog fetched the hat

Synonyms:

bring; convey; fetch; get

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "convey" is one way to...):

channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport (send from one person or place to another)

"Convey" entails doing...:

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Verb group:

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "convey"):

retrieve (run after, pick up, and bring to the master)

retrieve (go for and bring back)

deliver (bring to a destination, make a delivery)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

conveyance (the act of moving something from one location to another)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

Example:

This brings me to the main point

Synonyms:

bring; convey; take

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "convey" is one way to...):

carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)

"Convey" entails doing...:

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Verb group:

bring (be accompanied by)

bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "convey"):

land (bring ashore)

carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)

whisk (move somewhere quickly)

tube (convey in a tube)

bring back; return; take back (bring back to the point of departure)

ferry (transport from one place to another)

transit (cause or enable to pass through)

fetch (take away or remove)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

conveyance (the act of moving something from one location to another)

conveyer (a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory))

conveyer (a person who conveys (carries or transmits))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Example:

Many metals conduct heat

Synonyms:

carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "convey" is one way to...):

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Verb group:

carry; convey; express (serve as a means for expressing something)

carry (be conveyed over a certain distance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "convey"):

wash up (carry somewhere (of water or current or waves))

pipe in (bring in through pipes)

bring in (transmit)

retransmit (transmit again)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Transmit a title or property

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "convey" is one way to...):

transfer (cause to change ownership)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something

Derivation:

conveyable (legally transferable to the ownership of another)

conveyance; conveying (act of transferring property title from one person to another)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Transfer to another

Example:

communicate a disease

Synonyms:

communicate; convey; transmit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "convey" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "convey"):

communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence example:

They convey the parcel to their parents

Credits

 Context examples: 

A word or small set of words designed to convey the subject of a technical article.

(Keyword, NCI Thesaurus)

An expression that conveys significant information about the type of measurement of observation.

(Measurement Unit Description, NCI Thesaurus)

The olfactory nerve conveys the sense of smell.

(Murine Olfactory Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A type of interneuron that conveys information to the brain.

(Ganglion Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

She knew nothing of drawing—nothing of taste: and she listened to them with an attention which brought her little profit, for they talked in phrases which conveyed scarcely any idea to her.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

HER3, which lacks the kinase domain conveying ligand-binding signaling by forming heterodimers with other EGFR members that have kinase activity, is frequently overexpressed in solid tumors.

(Copper Cu 64-DOTA-Anti-HER3 Monoclonal Antibody U3-1287, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying how something is to be conveyed.

(Delivery Mechanism Code, NCI Thesaurus)

There is a cab coming to convey you to Norwich, Mr. Slaney.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The portion of the salivary system that conveys the saliva produced in the acinar salivary gland system to the oral cavity.

(Duct Salivary Gland System, NCI Thesaurus)

This phrase, uttered in my hearing yesterday, would have only conveyed the notion that she was about to be removed to Northumberland, to her own home.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)