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conveyed

/kənˈveɪd/

conveyed is the simple past and past participle of convey.

Meaning of convey

Verb

convey (third-person singular simple present conveys, present participle conveying, simple past and past participle conveyed)

  1. To move (something) from one place to another.
    • Air conveys sound. Water is conveyed through the pipe.
    Synonyms:
    carry, transport, port
  2. (dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.
    • Convey me to my bed, then to my grave:
      Love they to live that love and honour have.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
  3. To communicate; to make known; to portray.
    • to convey an impression; to convey information
    Synonyms:
    express, send, relay, impart
  4. To transfer legal rights (to).
    • He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter.
  5. (obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
    • I shall so conuey my matters, that he shall dysclose all together hym selfe, what busynesse is betwene you […]1557, uncredited translator, A Mery Dialogue by Erasmus, London: Antony Kytson
  6. (obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
    • Suppose you are good at the lift, who be more cunning then we women, in that we are more trusted, for they little suspect vs, and we haue as close conueyance as you men, though you haue Cloakes, we haue skirts of gownes, handbaskets, the crownes of our hattes, our plackardes, and for a need, false...1592, Robert Greene, A Disputation betweene a Hee Conny-Catcher and a Shee Conny-Catcher, London: T. Gubbin

Words formed from conveyed

Questions about conveyed

What is conveyed the simple past and past participle of?
Conveyed is the simple past and past participle of convey.
How do you pronounce conveyed?
Conveyed is pronounced /kənˈveɪd/.

Words near conveyed in the dictionary

  1. conveyances
  2. conveyancing
  3. conveyancings
  4. conveyaunce
  5. conveyaunces
  6. conveyed
  7. conveyee
  8. conveyees
  9. conveyer
  10. conveyer belt
  11. conveyer belts

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