MEANING
1. Make an idea, feeling, or information understood through words or other signals.
2. Carry something from one place to another, or transfer it to another owner.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- convey meaning
- convey concern
On the page
The restrained language conveys concern without predicting disaster.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- convey
- Past tense
- conveyed
- Past participle
- conveyed
- Present participle
- conveying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- convey
- Present continuous
- am/is/are conveying
- Present perfect
- have/has conveyed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been conveying
- Past
- conveyed
- Past continuous
- was/were conveying
- Past perfect
- had conveyed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been conveying
- Future
- will convey
- Future continuous
- will be conveying
- Future perfect
- will have conveyed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been conveying
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: convey; conveys; conveyed; conveyed; conveying Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: conveys.
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