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convey
nouns
convey information
• Your movements also convey information to people.
convey a message
(= express an important idea – used about books, films, art etc )
• Do you think the poem conveys a message about society?
convey a sense/an impression of something
• The music conveys a senses of sadness and despair.
convey an idea
• Art can be used to convey an idea.
convey an image
• At an interview, make sure your clothes convey the right image.
convey a feeling
• How could he convey his feelings for her?
convey meaning
• Children sometimes find it easier to use pictures to convey meaning, rather than words.
adverbs
clearly convey something
• His tone of voice clearly conveyed his disgust.
adequately convey something
• The words did not adequately convey how strongly she felt.
effectively convey something
• The novel effectively conveys some of the country’s problems.
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verb ADV. clearly, vividly The novel vividly conveys the experience of growing up during the war. | accurately, adequately | effectively, successfully VERB + CONVEY can/could Gestures can convey meaning as well as words. | try to | manage to | fail to PREP. to He managed to convey his enthusiasm to her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb
communicate:
Convey our thoughts to your leader.
verb
carry:
Convey these books to your office.
Simple Definitions
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Phrase(s): convey something (from someone or something) (to someone or something)
to carry or transport something from someone or something to someone, something, or some place. • I conveyed the box from the table to the basement. • Please convey every good wish from those of us in the Midwest to those on the East Coast. • Would you convey my blessings to the newlyweds?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs