Convey
verb
To transport or carry to a place.
The pipes convey water to the fields
Often appears as...
- convey goods
- convey materials
verb
To make known or understandable to someone.
Her eyes conveyed her sadness to me
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- convey an idea
- convey a message
verb
To pass or transfer from one place or person to another.
The title of the property was conveyed to the new owner
Often appears as...
- convey a property
- convey land
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Formal
Legal
verb
To lead or guide someone to a place.
He conveyed his guests to their room
Often appears as...
- convey guests
- convey visitors
verb
To transport or carry to a place.
The pipes convey water to the fields
Often appears as...
- convey goods
- convey materials
verb
To make known or understandable to someone.
Her eyes conveyed her sadness to me
Often appears as...
- convey an idea
- convey a message
verb
To pass or transfer from one place or person to another.
The title of the property was conveyed to the new owner
Often appears as...
- convey a property
- convey land
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
To lead or guide someone to a place.
He conveyed his guests to their room
Often appears as...
- convey guests
- convey visitors
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Used to describe something being moved from one location to another.
The conveyor belt conveys luggage to the airplane.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Human
Typically refers to objects or substances being moved, not people.
The aqueducts were built to convey water to the city.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Used to describe something being moved from one location to another.
The conveyor belt conveys luggage to the airplane.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Human
Typically refers to objects or substances being moved, not people.
The aqueducts were built to convey water to the city.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Used to describe something being moved from one location to another.
The conveyor belt conveys luggage to the airplane.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Human
Typically refers to objects or substances being moved, not people.
The aqueducts were built to convey water to the city.
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Filming the Kung Fu...
things like elephants and the big cats but actually little creatures and insects and reptiles and amphibians are facing the same challenges that we do and i really like to try and convey that so that was the challenge of that sequence just to try and make our audience engage with that character
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Making waves: The power...
can get a current going. And that is the starting point of the global conveyor called thermohaline circulation. This is how a simple concept becomes the mechanism underlying one of the largest and most important systems on our planet. And if you look around, you'll see it happening everywhere.
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Ideasthesia: How do...
or the well constructed plot of a novel conveyed through perfectly crafted sentences. Most importantly, the network of associations formed by ideasethesia may not only be similar to our linguistic network but may, in fact, be an integral part of it. Rather than the traditional view,
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The science of...
is more than noticing perfume or cologne. It's able to pick up on natural chemical signals known as pheromones. These not only convey important physical or genetic information about their source but are able to activate a physiological or behavioral response in the recipient.
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What "Orwellian" really...
not only fails to fully convey Orwell's message, it actually risks doing precisely what he tried to warn against. Orwell was indeed opposed to all forms of tyranny, spending much of his life fighting against anti-democratic forces of both the left-wing and the right.
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His Epic Message Will...
existence shorter than a vine video we turn the circle of life into our own personal conveyor belt somebody anybody help we were given so much the only planet in this solar system with life I mean we are one in a million no actually scientifically we are one in
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Storytelling can be...
order to convey such a powerful narrative in one study psychologists actually had people look at people who were acting in a play and they had them judge what was going on the emotion the action kind of what was happening on stage the thing was they couldn't
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Can plants talk to each...
Different plants convey those warnings using different chemical languages. Individual sagebrush plants in the same meadow release slightly different sets of alarm chemicals. The makeup of that cocktail influences the effectiveness of communication.
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Where do new words come...
And today, the process works both ways, with English lending words like software to languages all over the world. Another popular way to fill a vocabulary gap is by combining existing words that each convey part of the new concept.
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
or to make it through prison and return home. It may seem like these paths to adulthood are worlds apart, but the young people participating in these two institutions conveying us to adulthood, they have one thing in
Video examples
Filming the Kung Fu...
things like elephants and the big cats but actually little creatures and insects and reptiles and amphibians are facing the same challenges that we do and i really like to try and convey that so that was the challenge of that sequence just to try and make our audience engage with that character
Video examples
Making waves: The power...
can get a current going. And that is the starting point of the global conveyor called thermohaline circulation. This is how a simple concept becomes the mechanism underlying one of the largest and most important systems on our planet. And if you look around, you'll see it happening everywhere.
Video examples
Ideasthesia: How do...
or the well constructed plot of a novel conveyed through perfectly crafted sentences. Most importantly, the network of associations formed by ideasethesia may not only be similar to our linguistic network but may, in fact, be an integral part of it. Rather than the traditional view,
Video examples
The science of...
is more than noticing perfume or cologne. It's able to pick up on natural chemical signals known as pheromones. These not only convey important physical or genetic information about their source but are able to activate a physiological or behavioral response in the recipient.
Video examples
What "Orwellian" really...
not only fails to fully convey Orwell's message, it actually risks doing precisely what he tried to warn against. Orwell was indeed opposed to all forms of tyranny, spending much of his life fighting against anti-democratic forces of both the left-wing and the right.
Video examples
His Epic Message Will...
existence shorter than a vine video we turn the circle of life into our own personal conveyor belt somebody anybody help we were given so much the only planet in this solar system with life I mean we are one in a million no actually scientifically we are one in
Video examples
Storytelling can be...
order to convey such a powerful narrative in one study psychologists actually had people look at people who were acting in a play and they had them judge what was going on the emotion the action kind of what was happening on stage the thing was they couldn't
Video examples
Can plants talk to each...
Different plants convey those warnings using different chemical languages. Individual sagebrush plants in the same meadow release slightly different sets of alarm chemicals. The makeup of that cocktail influences the effectiveness of communication.
Video examples
Where do new words come...
And today, the process works both ways, with English lending words like software to languages all over the world. Another popular way to fill a vocabulary gap is by combining existing words that each convey part of the new concept.
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
or to make it through prison and return home. It may seem like these paths to adulthood are worlds apart, but the young people participating in these two institutions conveying us to adulthood, they have one thing in
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Quote examples
Helena Bonham Carter
British Actress
You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey your emotions. So there was a technical challenge there and a responsibility to create a character from behind the mask.
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Frank McCourt
Irish Author
For some reason, I had a responsibility to my family and the people who lived around me. I felt that I had to convey their dignity - the way they dealt with adversity and poverty - and their good humor.
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Jessye Norman
American Musician
We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must convey; we have meanings that we must convey through these lyrics.
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Colin Powell
American Statesman
If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.
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Helena Christensen
Danish Model
When you are modelling, you are creating a picture, a still life, perhaps something like a silent film. You convey emotion but you are only using your body.
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Samuel L. Jackson
Actor
All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
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Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.
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Jessie Reyez
Canadian Musician
The key to having something beautiful is being able to convey a normal human emotion but say it in a way that's never been said.
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Daveed Diggs
American Actor
Acting is about finding truth and finding the way to convey the truth.
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Adam Levine
American Musician
I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
Quote examples
Helena Bonham Carter
British Actress
You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey your emotions. So there was a technical challenge there and a responsibility to create a character from behind the mask.
Quote examples
Frank McCourt
Irish Author
For some reason, I had a responsibility to my family and the people who lived around me. I felt that I had to convey their dignity - the way they dealt with adversity and poverty - and their good humor.
Quote examples
Jessye Norman
American Musician
We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must convey; we have meanings that we must convey through these lyrics.
Quote examples
Colin Powell
American Statesman
If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.
Quote examples
Helena Christensen
Danish Model
When you are modelling, you are creating a picture, a still life, perhaps something like a silent film. You convey emotion but you are only using your body.
Quote examples
Samuel L. Jackson
Actor
All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
Quote examples
Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.
Quote examples
Jessie Reyez
Canadian Musician
The key to having something beautiful is being able to convey a normal human emotion but say it in a way that's never been said.
Quote examples
Daveed Diggs
American Actor
Acting is about finding truth and finding the way to convey the truth.
Quote examples
Adam Levine
American Musician
I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
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