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to ship out

to ship out

20 3.5
To send goods to customers by mail or truck
  • phrasal verb
  • /ʃɪp aʊt/
translation icon : enviar
  • They ship out next week.
  • ship out orders
  • ship out next week
  • ship out tomorrow

So they get DNA from animals on Earth, then they ship it out to the stars.

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Examples

  • My squadron ships out tomorrow.

    Airplane! (1980)

  • Hundreds of NATO tanks have also been shipped out of Europe.

    Academic text (1991)

  • So, when do we ship out?

    Battalion (2018)

  • Think you can be ready to ship out in the morning?

    Fiction book (1992)

  • We do not ship anything out there.

    Academic text (1990)

  • It's in front of you and you're going to have to be able to ship orders out quickly.

    Theo Von

  • I need you to make sure the Phase 2 prototypes are shipped out.

    The Avengers (2012)

  • A distributor flash-freezes it and ships it out.

    Ticket to Paradise (2022)

  • So in the last vlog we showed you guys us putting stuff up on Depop and today we need to go ship out all the packages.

  • The flooring is scheduled to ship out to customers in two days.

Synonyms

to send
vsto ship out
∞ 1.0

Make a letter, package, or email go to another person

is limited to moving goods to customers rather than causing any item to go
to deliver
vsto ship out
933 1.0

To bring letters or goods to a person, a place

focuses on sending items out to recipients rather than the final handover
to transport
vsto ship out
377 1.4

To move people or goods from one place to another, often by vehicle

focuses on sending goods to customers rather than general moving of people or things
to send out
vsto ship out
376 1.8

Cause something to go to other people or places

moves goods directly to customers rather than general bulk dispatch
to ship
vsto ship out
347 1.1

To send goods to another place, often by truck, plane or boat

sends goods out to customers mainly by mail or freight
to post
vsto ship out
  • UK
127 1.0

To send a letter or package to someone by mail

is mainly about dispatching goods to customers by mail or freight
to send off
vsto ship out
9 2.9

To post or email something to another place

focuses on moving goods to customers rather than dispatching people or messages
to mail out
vsto ship out
6 3.0

To send things by mail to many people

focuses more on sending goods to individual customers not mass mailing
to send away
vsto ship out
6 1.9

Make something go to another place by post

is about moving goods to customers rather than simple dispatch to another place
to deliver package
vsto ship out
3 2.0

To take a package to a person or place and give it to them

is about sending goods out earlier in the process not only final parcel handover
to consign
vsto ship out
  • Specialized
1 6.8

Send goods to a person or shop, often for sale

is used to send items directly to customers rather than an official sale transfer

Antonyms

to receive
∞ 1.0

To get something that someone gives you

How Quickly

to airfreight
  • Specialized
4.8
to dispatch
107 4.1
to ship out
20 3.5
to post
  • UK
127 1.0

Surface Forms

ship out infinitive
shipped out past
shipped out past participle
shipping out present participle
ships out third person singular

Morphology

ship + out

The meaning 'to send goods or items to customers' is directly derivable from combining 'ship' (to send/transport) with 'out' (away/outward), where 'out' adds the sense of dispatching or sending away. This verb+particle composition is a common and predictable pattern in English (and mirrors constructions in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Ship out comes from the image of loading goods onto a ship and sending them out to sea. That's why it now means 'to send goods or packages to customers'.