"convey" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kənˈveɪ/ Audio: en-us-convey.ogg [US] Forms: conveys [present, singular, third-person], conveying [participle, present], conveyed [participle, past], conveyed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier (French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *convio, from Classical Latin via (“way”). Compare convoy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|conveien}} Middle English conveien, {{der|en|fro|conveier}} Old French conveier, {{cog|fr|convoyer}} French convoyer, {{der|en|VL.|*convio}} Vulgar Latin *convio, {{der|en|la|via||way}} Latin via (“way”), {{m|en|convoy}} convoy Head templates: {{en-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. Synonyms (to move something from one place to another): carry, transport, port Translations (to move (something) from one place to another): местя (mestja) (Bulgarian), flyta (Faroese), føra (Faroese), kuljettaa (Finnish), kantaa (Finnish), välittää (Finnish), befördern (German), transportieren (German), verfrachten (German), trasportare (Italian), condurre (Italian), vectō (Latin), przenosić (Polish), mòviri (Sicilian), spustari (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-convey-en-verb-~C1YbBWc Disambiguation of 'to move something from one place to another': 77 19 0 0 0 4 Disambiguation of 'to move (something) from one place to another': 80 16 0 0 0 4
  2. (dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-convey-en-verb-2V-KSTE4
  3. To communicate; to make known; to portray. Synonyms (to communicate a message): express, send, relay Translations (to communicate): أَبْلَغَ (ʔablaḡa) (Arabic), نَقَلَ (naqala) (Arabic), предавам (predavam) (Bulgarian), 傳送 (Chinese Mandarin), 传送 (chuánsòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 表達 (Chinese Mandarin), 表达 (biǎodá) (Chinese Mandarin), 傳遞 (Chinese Mandarin), 传递 (chuándì) (Chinese Mandarin), 傳達 (Chinese Mandarin), 传达 (chuándá) (Chinese Mandarin), sdělit (Czech), overbrengen (Dutch), ilmaista (Finnish), véhiculer (French), communiquer (French), übermitteln (German), ausrichten (German), מסר (masár) (Hebrew), közöl (Hungarian), kifejez (Hungarian), iompair (Irish), comunicare (Italian), esprimere (Italian), 伝える (tsutaeru) (alt: つたえる) (Japanese), 伝達する (dentatsu-suru) (alt: でんたつする) (Japanese), 伝播する (denpansuru) (alt: でんぱんする) (Japanese), formidle (Norwegian), przekazać (Polish), przekazywać (Polish), comunicar (Portuguese), expressar (Portuguese), transmite (Romanian), передава́ть (peredavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), переда́ть (peredátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), донести́ (donestí) (Russian), cumunicari (Sicilian), komunikovať (Slovak), comunicar (Spanish), expresar (Spanish), förmedla (Swedish), iletmek (Turkish), передава́ти (peredaváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), переда́ти (peredáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), доно́сити (donósyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), донести́ (donestý) [perfective] (Ukrainian), cyfleu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-convey-en-verb-X2XFLcMW Disambiguation of 'to communicate a message': 4 1 80 3 6 6 Disambiguation of 'to communicate': 0 0 92 1 4 3
  4. (law) To transfer legal rights (to). Categories (topical): Law Translations (to transfer legal rights): прехвърлям (prehvǎrljam) (Bulgarian), převést (Czech), overdragen (Dutch), avhenda rætt til (Faroese), luovuttaa (Finnish), siirtää (Finnish), välittää (Finnish), übertragen (German), העביר (he'evír) (Hebrew), átruház (Hungarian), tíolaic (Irish), trasferire (Italian), 譲渡する (jōto-suru) (alt: じょうとする) (Japanese), 移譲する (ijō-suru) (alt: いじょうする) (Japanese), overføre (Norwegian), scedować (Polish), przenosić [imperfective] (Polish), przenieść [perfective] (Polish), transferir (Portuguese), transfera (Romanian), передава́ть правово́й ти́тул (peredavátʹ pravovój títul) (Russian), cèdiri (Sicilian), trasfiriri (Sicilian), previesť (Slovak), transferir (Spanish), ceder (Spanish), överlåta (Swedish), devretmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-convey-en-verb-0UI-2PzT Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to transfer legal rights': 0 0 2 94 2 2
  5. (obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-convey-en-verb-PSrABgf-
  6. (obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-convey-en-verb-Bzm0IEgs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 7 23 7 7 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (to take someone from one place to another): accompany, conduct [archaic], escort Derived forms: conveyable, conveyal, conveyance, conveyee, conveyer, conveyor, misconvey, reconvey, unconveyable, unconveyed Related terms: convoy Translations (to carry): κομίζω (komízō) (Ancient Greek), نَقَلَ (naqala) (Arabic), абво́зіць (abvózicʹ) (english: around, by vehicle) [imperfective] (Belarusian), абве́зці (abvjézci) [perfective] (Belarusian), нося (nosja) (Bulgarian), прена́сям (prenásjam) (Bulgarian), превозвам (prevozvam) (Bulgarian), 傳遞 (Chinese Mandarin), 传递 (chuándì) (Chinese Mandarin), 輸送 (Chinese Mandarin), 输送 (shūsòng) (Chinese Mandarin), dopravit (Czech), přepravit (Czech), overdragen (Dutch), välittää (Finnish), kuljettaa (Finnish), transporter (French), transportar (Galician), გადატანა (gadaṭana) (Georgian), გადაყვანა (gadaq̇vana) (Georgian), befördern (German), הוביל (hovíl) (Hebrew), העביר (he'evír) (Hebrew), szállít (Hungarian), iompair (Irish), trasportare (Italian), 運ぶ (hakobu) (alt: はこぶ) (Japanese), 運搬する (unpan-suru) (alt: うんぱんする) (Japanese), whakawhiti (Maori), przewozić [imperfective] (Polish), przewieźć [perfective] (Polish), transportar (Portuguese), transporta (Romanian), căra (Romanian), переноси́ть (perenosítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перенести́ (perenestí) [perfective] (Russian), перевози́ть (perevozítʹ) (english: on a vehicle) [imperfective] (Russian), перевезти́ (pereveztí) [perfective] (Russian), транспорти́ровать (transportírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), वहति (vahati) (Sanskrit), purtari (Sicilian), traspurtari (Sicilian), dopraviť (Slovak), prepraviť (Slovak), transportar (Spanish), trasladar (Spanish), transportera (Swedish), aktarmak (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'to take someone from one place to another': 41 45 0 0 0 13 Disambiguation of 'to carry': 0 36 0 0 28 36

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Air conveys sound. Water is conveyed through the pipe.",
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          "ref": "1858, Henry Gray, Female Organs of Generation, London: John W. Parker & Son, page 688",
          "text": "The Fallopian Tubes, or oviducts, convey the ova from the ovaries to the cavity of the uterus.",
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          "ref": "1960 June, “British cars go by rail: I-The L.M.R wins new Anglo-Scottish traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 335",
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          "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
          "word": "местя"
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          "word": "flyta"
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          "word": "kantaa"
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          "_dis1": "80 16 0 0 0 4",
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          "word": "välittää"
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          "_dis1": "80 16 0 0 0 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
          "word": "befördern"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 16 0 0 0 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
          "word": "transportieren"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 16 0 0 0 4",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
          "word": "verfrachten"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
          "word": "trasportare"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
          "word": "condurre"
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          "code": "la",
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          "word": "vectō"
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          "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
          "word": "przenosić"
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          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
          "word": "mòviri"
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          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
          "word": "spustari"
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          "ref": "1717, Samuel Croxall, transl., Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books, Translated by the Most Eminent Hands, London: Jacob Tonson, Book the Sixth, p. 200",
          "text": "[…] the false Tyrant seiz’d the Princely Maid,\nAnd to a Lodge in distant Woods convey’d;",
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          "carry"
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          "text": "to convey an impression; to convey information",
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        "To communicate; to make known; to portray."
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      "links": [
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        [
          "known",
          "known"
        ],
        [
          "portray",
          "portray"
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          "_dis1": "4 1 80 3 6 6",
          "sense": "to communicate a message",
          "word": "express"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 80 3 6 6",
          "sense": "to communicate a message",
          "word": "send"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 80 3 6 6",
          "sense": "to communicate a message",
          "word": "relay"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔablaḡa",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "أَبْلَغَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "naqala",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "نَقَلَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predavam",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "предавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "傳送"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chuánsòng",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "传送"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "表達"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "biǎodá",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "表达"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "傳遞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chuándì",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "传递"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "傳達"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chuándá",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "传达"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "sdělit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "overbrengen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "ilmaista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "véhiculer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "communiquer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "übermitteln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "ausrichten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "masár",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "מסר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "közöl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "kifejez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "iompair"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "comunicare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "esprimere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "alt": "つたえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsutaeru",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "伝える"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "alt": "でんたつする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dentatsu-suru",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "伝達する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "alt": "でんぱんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "denpansuru",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "伝播する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "formidle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "przekazać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "przekazywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "comunicar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "expressar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "transmite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "peredavátʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "передава́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "peredátʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "переда́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "to communicate",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "cumunicari"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "komunikovať"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "comunicar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "expresar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "förmedla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "word": "iletmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "peredaváty",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "передава́ти"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "peredáty",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "переда́ти"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "donósyty",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "доно́сити"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "donestý",
          "sense": "to communicate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "донести́"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 92 1 4 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to communicate",
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "type": "example"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prehvǎrljam",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "прехвърлям"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "převést"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "overdragen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "avhenda rætt til"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "luovuttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "siirtää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "välittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "übertragen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "he'evír",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "העביר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "átruház"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "tíolaic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "trasferire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "alt": "じょうとする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jōto-suru",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "譲渡する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "alt": "いじょうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ijō-suru",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "移譲する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "overføre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "scedować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "przenosić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "przenieść"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "transferir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "transfera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "peredavátʹ pravovój títul",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "передава́ть правово́й ти́тул"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "cèdiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "trasfiriri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "previesť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "transferir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "ceder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "överlåta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 2 94 2 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
          "word": "devretmek"
        }
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        {
          "text": "1557, uncredited translator, A Mery Dialogue by Erasmus, London: Antony Kytson,\nI shall so conuey my matters, that he shall dysclose all together hym selfe, what busynesse is betwene you […]"
        }
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        "To manage with privacy; to carry out."
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        "(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1592, Robert Greene, A Disputation betweene a Hee Conny-Catcher and a Shee Conny-Catcher, London: T. Gubbin",
          "text": "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 bagges vnder our smockes, wherein we can conuey more closely then you.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve."
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      "id": "en-convey-en-verb-Bzm0IEgs",
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        "(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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      "ipa": "/kənˈveɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/En-us-convey.ogg",
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    {
      "_dis1": "41 45 0 0 0 13",
      "sense": "to take someone from one place to another",
      "word": "accompany"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 45 0 0 0 13",
      "sense": "to take someone from one place to another",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "conduct"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 45 0 0 0 13",
      "sense": "to take someone from one place to another",
      "word": "escort"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naqala",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "نَقَلَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "be",
      "english": "around, by vehicle",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abvózicʹ",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "абво́зіць"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abvjézci",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "абве́зці"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nosja",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "нося"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prenásjam",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "прена́сям"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prevozvam",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "превозвам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "傳遞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuándì",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "传递"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "輸送"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūsòng",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "输送"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "dopravit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "přepravit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "overdragen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "välittää"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "kuljettaa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transporter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transportar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadaṭana",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "გადატანა"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadaq̇vana",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "გადაყვანა"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "befördern"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "komízō",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "κομίζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hovíl",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "הוביל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "he'evír",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "העביר"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "szállít"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "iompair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "trasportare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "alt": "はこぶ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakobu",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "運ぶ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "alt": "うんぱんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "unpan-suru",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "運搬する"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "whakawhiti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przewozić"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przewieźć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transportar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transporta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "căra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perenosítʹ",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переноси́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perenestí",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перенести́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "on a vehicle",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perevozítʹ",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перевози́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereveztí",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перевезти́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "transportírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "транспорти́ровать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vahati",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "वहति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "purtari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "traspurtari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "dopraviť"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "prepraviť"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transportar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "trasladar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transportera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 36 0 0 28 36",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "aktarmak"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "conveyable"
    },
    {
      "word": "conveyal"
    },
    {
      "word": "conveyance"
    },
    {
      "word": "conveyee"
    },
    {
      "word": "conveyer"
    },
    {
      "word": "conveyor"
    },
    {
      "word": "misconvey"
    },
    {
      "word": "reconvey"
    },
    {
      "word": "unconveyable"
    },
    {
      "word": "unconveyed"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "conveien"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English conveien",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "conveier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French conveier",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "convoyer"
      },
      "expansion": "French convoyer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*convio"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *convio",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "via",
        "4": "",
        "5": "way"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin via (“way”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "convoy"
      },
      "expansion": "convoy",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier (French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *convio, from Classical Latin via (“way”). Compare convoy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "conveys",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conveying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conveyed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conveyed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "convey (third-person singular simple present conveys, present participle conveying, simple past and past participle conveyed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "convoy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Air conveys sound. Water is conveyed through the pipe.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1858, Henry Gray, Female Organs of Generation, London: John W. Parker & Son, page 688",
          "text": "The Fallopian Tubes, or oviducts, convey the ova from the ovaries to the cavity of the uterus.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 June, “British cars go by rail: I-The L.M.R wins new Anglo-Scottish traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 335",
          "text": "The normal methods of road delivery are by driving the cars individually, or by car transporters which convey as many as eight vehicles on massive articulated double-deck trailers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move (something) from one place to another."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1717, Samuel Croxall, transl., Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books, Translated by the Most Eminent Hands, London: Jacob Tonson, Book the Sixth, p. 200",
          "text": "[…] the false Tyrant seiz’d the Princely Maid,\nAnd to a Lodge in distant Woods convey’d;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take or carry (someone) from one place to another."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "carry",
          "carry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to convey an impression; to convey information",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To communicate; to make known; to portray."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "communicate",
          "communicate"
        ],
        [
          "known",
          "known"
        ],
        [
          "portray",
          "portray"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To transfer legal rights (to)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "transfer",
          "transfer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) To transfer legal rights (to)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1557, uncredited translator, A Mery Dialogue by Erasmus, London: Antony Kytson,\nI shall so conuey my matters, that he shall dysclose all together hym selfe, what busynesse is betwene you […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To manage with privacy; to carry out."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manage",
          "manage"
        ],
        [
          "carry out",
          "carry out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1592, Robert Greene, A Disputation betweene a Hee Conny-Catcher and a Shee Conny-Catcher, London: T. Gubbin",
          "text": "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 bagges vnder our smockes, wherein we can conuey more closely then you.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "steal",
          "steal"
        ],
        [
          "thieve",
          "thieve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈveɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-convey.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bc/En-us-convey.ogg/En-us-convey.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/En-us-convey.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to move something from one place to another",
      "word": "carry"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to move something from one place to another",
      "word": "transport"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to move something from one place to another",
      "word": "port"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to take someone from one place to another",
      "word": "accompany"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to take someone from one place to another",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "conduct"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to take someone from one place to another",
      "word": "escort"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to communicate a message",
      "word": "express"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to communicate a message",
      "word": "send"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to communicate a message",
      "word": "relay"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mestja",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "местя"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "flyta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "føra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "kuljettaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "kantaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "välittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "befördern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "transportieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "verfrachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "trasportare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "condurre"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "vectō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "przenosić"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "mòviri"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to move (something) from one place to another",
      "word": "spustari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naqala",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "نَقَلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "around, by vehicle",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abvózicʹ",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "абво́зіць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abvjézci",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "абве́зці"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nosja",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "нося"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prenásjam",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "прена́сям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prevozvam",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "превозвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "傳遞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuándì",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "传递"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "輸送"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūsòng",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "输送"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "dopravit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "přepravit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "overdragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "välittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "kuljettaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transporter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transportar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadaṭana",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "გადატანა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadaq̇vana",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "გადაყვანა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "befördern"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "komízō",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "κομίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hovíl",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "הוביל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "he'evír",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "העביר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "szállít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "iompair"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "trasportare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はこぶ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakobu",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "運ぶ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うんぱんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "unpan-suru",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "運搬する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "whakawhiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przewozić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przewieźć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transportar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transporta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "căra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perenosítʹ",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переноси́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perenestí",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перенести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "on a vehicle",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perevozítʹ",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перевози́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereveztí",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перевезти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "transportírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "транспорти́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vahati",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "वहति"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "purtari"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "traspurtari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "dopraviť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "prepraviť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transportar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "trasladar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "transportera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to carry",
      "word": "aktarmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔablaḡa",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "أَبْلَغَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naqala",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "نَقَلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predavam",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "предавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "傳送"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuánsòng",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "传送"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "表達"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biǎodá",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "表达"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "傳遞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuándì",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "传递"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "傳達"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuándá",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "传达"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "sdělit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "overbrengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "ilmaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "véhiculer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "communiquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "übermitteln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "ausrichten"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "masár",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "מסר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "közöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "kifejez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "iompair"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "comunicare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "esprimere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つたえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsutaeru",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "伝える"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんたつする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dentatsu-suru",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "伝達する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんぱんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "denpansuru",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "伝播する"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "formidle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "przekazać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "przekazywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "comunicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "expressar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "transmite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peredavátʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "передава́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peredátʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "donestí",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "донести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "cumunicari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "komunikovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "comunicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "expresar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "förmedla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "iletmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredaváty",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "передава́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredáty",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переда́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "donósyty",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "доно́сити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "donestý",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "донести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to communicate",
      "word": "cyfleu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prehvǎrljam",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "прехвърлям"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "převést"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "overdragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "avhenda rætt til"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "luovuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "siirtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "välittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "übertragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "he'evír",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "העביר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "átruház"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "tíolaic"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "trasferire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょうとする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōto-suru",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "譲渡する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いじょうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ijō-suru",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "移譲する"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "overføre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "scedować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przenosić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przenieść"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "transferir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "transfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peredavátʹ pravovój títul",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "передава́ть правово́й ти́тул"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "cèdiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "trasfiriri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "previesť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "transferir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "ceder"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "överlåta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to transfer legal rights",
      "word": "devretmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "convey"
}

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