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conveying
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport |
| Synonyms: | back, bear, bring, carry, channel, conduct, dispatch, ferry, fetch, forward, funnel, grant, guide, hump, lead, lug, move, pack, pipe, ride, schlepp, send, shoulder, siphon, support, tote, traject, transfer, transmit, truck |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain, retain |
| Main Entry: | carriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delivery of freight |
| Synonyms: | carrying, conveyance, conveying, delivering, freight, transit, transport, transportation |
| Main Entry: | delegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | appointment, apportioning, authorization, charge, commissioning, committal, consigning, consignment, conveyance, conveying, deputation, deputization, deputizing, devolution, entrustment, giving over, installation, investiture, mandate, nomination, ordination, reference, referring, relegation, sending away, submittal, submitting, transferal, transference, transferring, trust |
| Notes: | a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
| Antonyms: | keeping |
| Main Entry: | transport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | move, transfer |
| Synonyms: | carriage, carrier, carrying, carting, conveyance, conveying, conveyor, freightage, hauling, lift, movement, mover, moving, passage, removal, shipment, shipping, transference, transferring, transit, transportation, transporting, transshipment, truckage, vehicle |
| Antonyms: | idle, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | giving |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bestowing |
| Synonyms: | allowing, awarding, bequeathing, ceding, conferring, contributing, conveying, dispensing, distributing, doling out, donating, endowing, expending, furnishing, granting, handing out, imparting, offering, passing out, permitting, presenting, remitting, supplying, transferring, yielding |
| Antonyms: | appropriating, getting, taking |
| Main Entry: | transportation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conveyance |
| Synonyms: | carrying, conveying, freightage, haulage, hauling, moving, passage, portage, shipment, shipping, transit, transport |
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring |
| Synonyms: | buck, carry, convey, deliver, ferry, fetch, lug, move, pack, take, tote, transfer, transport |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
| Antonyms: | refuse, take, throw away |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell news |
| Synonyms: | announce, come out, communicate, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, inform, let out, make public, pass on, proclaim, reveal, tell, transmit |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep quiet, secret |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport or accompany |
| Synonyms: | attend, back, bear, buck*, carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, gather, guide, gun*, heel, import, lead, lug, pack, pick up, piggyback, ride, schlepp, shoulder, take, take along, tote, transfer, transport, truck, usher |
| Antonyms: | drop, leave, quit, refuse, shun, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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