conveyance
/kənˈveɪəns/
conveyance noun: an act or instance of conveying.
Noun
conveyance (countable and uncountable, plural conveyances)
- An act or instance of conveying.
- The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and another.1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], “I. Being Introductory.”, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James...
- Three in a hansom cab is not, under all circumstances, the most comfortable method of conveyance […]1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
- A manner of conveying one's thoughts, a style of communication.
- How Cownterfet Cowntenaunce of the new get / With Crafty Conueyauance dothe smater and flater, / And Cloked Collucyoun is brought in to clater / With Courtely Abusyoun; […]1523, John Skelton, “A Ryght Delectable Tratyse vpon a Goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell, […]”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […], volume I, London: Thomas Rodd...
- She told me, not thinking I had been myself, that I was the prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw; huddling jest upon jest with such impossible conveyance upon me, that I stood like a man at a mark, with a whole army shooting at me.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
- Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16
- An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
Verb
conveyance (third-person singular simple present conveyances, present participle conveyancing, simple past and past participle conveyanced)
conveyance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
conveyance in Hindi
- means of transporting
- परिवहन parivhan
conveyance in Tamil
- ஊர்தி, செல் கலன், செல்கலம், வண்டி, வாகனம், கொண்டுசெலல்
conveyance in Urdu
- حمل, سواری
conveyance in Malayalam
- transportation, transport, carriage
- ഗതാഗതം, ചരക്കുഗതാഗതം, കയറ്റിക്കൊണ്ടു പോകൽ, വണ്ടിയിൽ കയറ്റിക്കൊണ്ടു പോകൽ, ചരക്കുനീക്കം, ആപാദനം
- vehicle, means of transport, method of transport
- ഗതാഗതോപാധി, യാത്രാസൗകര്യം, വാഹനസൗകര്യം, ഗതാഗതമാർഗ്ഗം, വാഹനം, ഏർമാനം
More languagesFewer languages
- conveyance in Punjabi
- ਸਵਾਰੀ savārī
- conveyance in Odia
- ଗମନ gamana
- conveyance in Sanskrit
- वाहन vāhana
- conveyance in Sinhala
- ඔප්පුව oppuwa
- conveyance in Arabic
- وَسِيلَةُ النَّقْل wasīlatu n-naql
Forms of conveyance
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | conveyances |
| alternative form (obsolete) | conveyaunce |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | conveyances |
| present participle | conveyancing |
| past participle | conveyanced |
| past | conveyanced |
Origin of conveyance
From Middle English conveiance, conveyaunce, equivalent to convey + -ance.
Words formed from conveyance
Questions about conveyance
- What does conveyance mean?
- Conveyance means an act or instance of conveying.
- What is conveyance in Hindi?
- Conveyance in Hindi is परिवहन (parivhan). See Conveyance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is conveyance?
- Conveyance can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce conveyance?
- Conveyance is pronounced /kənˈveɪəns/.
- What is the plural of conveyance?
- The plural of conveyance is conveyances.
Words near conveyance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: conveyance (page history and authors); conveyance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conveyance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conveyance (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ਸਵਾਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଗମନ (Odia) (page history and authors); ඔප්පුව (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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