Shipping

Definitions

1. The desire by followers of a fandom for two or more people, either real-life people or fictional characters, to be in a romantic or sexual relationship.
   slang, uncountable
2. The transportation of goods.
   countable, uncountable
3. The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
   countable, uncountable
4. Passage or transport on a ship.
   countable, uncountable
5. The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.
   countable, uncountable
6. Navigation.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

27 more languages

العربيةالشحن

Българскидоставка

Bosanskitransportдоставапловидбапревозфлота+ 2 more

Catalàenviamenttransport

Češtinadopravapřeprava

Cymraegcludiant

Ελληνικάατμοπλοϊκόςναυτιλία

Suomihuolintakuljetuslaivaaminenlaivakuljetuslaivaliikennelaivamatkalaivastolaivausmerikuljetusrahdinajorahtaustoimitus+ 9 more

Gaeilgeiomparloingeasloingseoireachtseoladh+ 1 more

Gàidhligluingeas

Galegoenvío

עבריתאוניהספנה

Hrvatskitransportдоставапловидбапревозфлота+ 2 more

Magyarszállítás

Italianospese di spedizione

日本語カップリングシップ出荷回漕発送發送+ 3 more

한국어운송

Kurdîtransport

Latinanavicularia

Македонскидоставадоставкадоставувањепловидбапревозфлота+ 3 more

Nederlandsverzending

Portuguêsenviofrotaremessataxas de enviotransporte+ 2 more

Русскийдоставкаотправкаперевозка

Српскиtransportдоставапловидбапревозфлота+ 2 more

Svenskafrakt

Türkçenakliyatnakliye

Українськасудноплавство

Examples

“From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look⟳ like⟳ much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number⟳ of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip⟳.”

“Our overplus of shipping will we burn; / And, with the rest⟳ full-mann’d, from the head of Actium / Beat⟳ the approaching Caesar.”

“[…] the Advantage appeared greatly on their Side, in Numbers of Shipping, and of Men;”

“My first afternoon, on reaching New Bedford, was spent in visiting the wharves and viewing the shipping.”

“Shipping of every sort⟳, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions.”

“[…] I clearly remember⟳ a castle on the shores of the lagoon, where gondolas appeared amid larger shipping, which seemed to be plying in and out of Naples […]”

“The shipping is included in the quoted price.”

“God send⟳ 'em good shipping.”

CEFR level