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convey

/kənˈveɪ/ verb B1
  1. To move (something) from one place to another. · Air conveys sound. Water is conveyed through the pipe.
  2. To take or carry (someone) from one place to another. (dated)
  3. To communicate; to make known; to portray. · to convey an impression; to convey information
  4. To transfer legal rights (to). · He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter.· The refrigerator, washer, and dryer do not convey unless it's specifically laid out in the contract.

He/she/it conveys · Past conveyed · Past participle conveyed · -ing form conveying

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Verb forms

Base form
convey
He/she/it
conveys
Past
conveyed
Past participle
conveyed
-ing form
conveying

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But, since he persists in hearing what he already well knows, you may convey the matter.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 37 · C1
Bennet for a single evening during his visit were most steadily resisted, the coach conveyed him and his five cousins at a suitable hour to Meryton; and the girls had the pleasure of hearing, as they entered the drawing-room, that Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 83 · B2
“My ideas flow so rapidly that I have not time to express them; by which means my letters sometimes convey no ideas at all to my correspondents.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 52 · B2
The very first sentence conveyed the assurance of their being all settled in London for the winter, and concluded with her brother’s regret at not having had time to pay his respects to his friends in Hertfordshire before he left the country.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 153 · B2

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