{
    "term": "convey",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "convey",
            "heSheIt": "conveys"
        },
        "pastSimple": "conveyed",
        "pastParticiple": "conveyed",
        "ingForm": "conveying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make ideas, feelings, etc. known to somebody",
            "sensetop": "convey somethingconvey something to somebodyconvey how, what, etc…convey that…",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Colours like red convey a sense of energy and strength.",
                    "contextForm": "convey something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please convey my apologies to your wife.",
                    "contextForm": "convey something to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He tried desperately to convey how urgent the situation was.",
                    "contextForm": "convey how, what, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She did not wish to convey that they were all at fault.",
                    "contextForm": "convey that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He managed to convey his enthusiasm to her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The novel vividly conveys the experience of growing up during the war."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "communicate",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["clearly", "perfectly", "powerfully"],
                "verb + convey": ["can", "could", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to take, carry or transport somebody/something from one place to another",
            "sensetop": "convey somebody/something (from…) (to…)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Pipes convey hot water from the boiler to the radiators."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A carriage was waiting to convey her home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Flowers from the Isles of Scilly were conveyed by steamer to Penzance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pipes convey hot water to the radiators."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stone was conveyed by river to the site."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈveɪ/",
                "audio": "xc/convey/xconvey__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈveɪz/",
                "audio": "xc/convey/xconveys__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈveɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/convey/xconveyed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈveɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/convey/xconveying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈveɪ/",
                "audio": "xc/convey/xconvey__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈveɪz/",
                "audio": "xc/convey/xconveys__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈveɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/convey/xconveyed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈveɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/convey/xconveying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘escort’; compare with convoy): from Old French conveier, from medieval Latin conviare, from con- ‘together’ + Latin via ‘way’."
}