shipment
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈʃɪpmənt/
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cargamento
- Shoe Shack's got a new shipment of Jordans.
- shipments arrive
- value of shipments
- oil shipments
And so if the shipment came in, there'd be tons of it.
- And so if the shipment came in, there'd be tons of it.
- So the last thing I got in this particular shipment is this T-shirt.
- We get monthly shipments of ground beef from your in laws.
- They know that that shipment gets seized by the government.
- Well, I mean, they're totally dependent on the shipments of arms to defend themselves.
- Oh, and unrelated news, I want you to seize arms shipments to Ukraine.
- Please pick between automatic shipments or only getting new pieces on demand.
- What was your biggest shipment that came through?
- No, it's so we do humanitarian food aid shipments.
- In fact, Iran just got its shipment from Russia of air defense, munitions and weaponry.
Examples
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The company is preparing a large shipment of electronics for delivery next week.
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The state responded to their request by delivering an additional large shipment of corn from the state's southwestern counties.
Academic text (2008) -
What was your biggest shipment that came through?
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This is a fresh shipment this morning.
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We must move the cash in one large shipment.
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We just got in a shipment of that English soap you were asking about.
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They're expecting another shipment in today.
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A few weeks later, a shipment came of a bunch of Toto toilet bowls.
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We received a shipment of fresh produce from the farm early this morning.
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The shipment of furniture arrived late but was in perfect condition.
Synonyms
540
1.0
Bringing parcels or food to someone
537
2.3
Goods carried by a ship, plane, or large vehicle
278
1.1
An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle
79
3.9
Goods moved in large amounts by ship, train, or truck
22
6.3
The goods carried by a vehicle like an airplane or truck
5
5.6
A batch of goods sent by truck or ship for delivery
4
3.6
The amount of people or goods a ship can carry
3
8.8
A load of goods carried on a ship, truck, or train
3
2.5
A large amount of goods carried by a ship
2
3.2
A large amount of goods that one train can carry
Antonyms
Compounds
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shipment comes from ship, meaning 'boat', and the ending -ment, and it first named goods put on a ship, giving the picture of a load ready to travel. So a shipment can also mean the batch or 'group' of goods moved together.