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convey
What does convey mean?
convey (verb): (of information) make known; pass on.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use convey in a sentence?
- She conveyed the message to me. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce convey?
/kənˈveɪ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does convey come from?
From Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier (French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *convio, from Classical Latin via (“way”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to convey
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “convey” mean?
expose to a chance of loss or damage
Not quite: that's what risk means.
(of information) make known; pass on
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to agree; to be equal; to correspond
Not quite: that's what match means.
put an end to a state or an activity
Not quite: that's what quit means.
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