CONVEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convey mean? 

• CONVEY (verb)
  The verb CONVEY has 7 senses:

1. (of information) make known; pass on

2. serve as a means for expressing something

3. transfer to another

4. transmit a title or property

5. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

6. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

7. go or come after and bring or take back

  Familiarity information: CONVEY used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVEY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they convey    ... he / she / it conveys   
Past simple: conveyed   
Past participle: conveyed   
-ing form: conveying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of information) make known; pass on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

She conveyed the message to me

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"):

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)

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

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

carry; convey; express

Context example:

His voice carried a lot of anger

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:

Transfer to another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

communicate; convey; transmit

Context example:

communicate a disease

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

Sense 4

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 5

Meaning:

Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit

Context example:

Many metals conduct heat

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:

Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bring; convey; take

Context example:

This brings me to the main point

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"):

fetch (take away or remove)

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)

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 7

Meaning:

Go or come after and bring or take back

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bring; convey; fetch; get

Context example:

The dog fetched the hat

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)

 Context examples 

She only consulted Lady Russell, who entered thoroughly into her sentiments, and was most happy to convey her as near to Mrs Smith's lodgings in Westgate Buildings, as Anne chose to be taken.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Many cell-surface receptors induce production of second messengers like PIP3, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate, that convey signals to the cytoplasm from the cell surface.

(AKT Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The caspases convey the apoptotic signal in a proteolytic cascade, with caspases cleaving and activating other caspases that then degrade other cellular targets that lead to cell death.

(Apoptosis DNA Damage Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Any of the ducts conveying bile between the liver and the intestine, including hepatic, cystic, and common bile duct.

(Bile duct, NCI Thesaurus)

Separation of dry particles into size-differentiated fraction by conveying the particles in a stream of gas.

(Air Classification Particle Sizing, NCI Thesaurus)

The cells had also integrated with retinal cells that convey signals to the brain.

(Researchers unlock regenerative potential of cells in the mouse retina, National Institutes of Health)

Anyone who has ever sensed that a person is sick simply by looking at their face has experienced the wealth of information conveyed by face color.

(Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces, National Institutes of Health)

These results led the researchers to conclude that early childhood exposure to air pollutants may convey a higher risk for developmental delays, compared to similar exposures in the womb.

(Kids living near major roads at higher risk of developmental delays, National Institutes of Health)

The transmission or conveying of something through a medium or passage, especially the transmission of heat or electricity or sound.

(Conduction, NCI Thesaurus)

In males it conveys the spermatic cord structures and is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum; in females it conveys the round ligament.

(Inguinal Canal, NCI Thesaurus)