conveyed

[ kuhn-veyd ]

adjective

1. communicated or made known:

   Together, these philanthropists developed a set of ethics, values, and informally conveyed "standard operating procedures" for charitable work.

   Orally conveyed complaints shall not be entertained.

2. Law. transferred or passed from one person to another:

   All transfers of property must be covered by contract, and all contracts must be fulfilled by the actual delivery of the conveyed property.

3. carried, transported, or led from one place to another:

   Air delivery is fastest but also costly, so selection of this option is usually due to the necessity, urgency, and high value of the conveyed cargo.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of convey ( def ).

Other Words From

• qua·si-con·veyed adjective
• well-con·veyed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conveyed¹

convey ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

But, he says, a bigger concern for him was "whether or not the unique gameplay of the echoes was going to be conveyed properly and understood properly by the viewers".

From BBC

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, for one, has conveyed that he isn’t interested in working in the administration and would prefer a Senate leadership position.

From BBC

His personality is conveyed through the different intonations in which he delivers his name.

From BBC

On election day, bomb threats were conveyed to polling sites in battleground states Georgia, Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin, with the FBI stating that the hoax threats emanated from Russian email domains.

From Los Angeles Times

“She conveyed the fertility of marriage and beauty. She was beautiful.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• fulfilled
• managed
• negotiated
• regulated