What does shipping mean?
Definitions for shipping
ˈʃɪp ɪŋship·ping
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word shipping.
Princeton's WordNet
transportation, shipping, transportnoun
the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
shipping, cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vesselsnoun
conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
Wiktionary
shippingnoun
The transportation of goods.
shippingnoun
The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.
shippingnoun
Passage or transport on a ship.
shippingnoun
The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Shippingnoun
Etymology: from ship.
Before Cæsar’s invasion of this land, the Britons had not any shipping at all, other than their boats of twigs covered with hides. Walter Raleigh.
The numbers and courage of our men, with the strength of our shipping, have for many ages past made us a match for the greatest of our neighbours at land, and an overmatch for the strongest at sea. William Temple.
Fishes first to shipping did impart;
Their tail the rudder, and their head the prow. Dryden.They took shipping and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. Jo. vi. 24.
ChatGPT
shipping
Shipping refers to the process of transporting goods, commodities, or parcels from one location to another. This can be done through various modes, such as via land (trucks, trains), air (planes), or sea (ships). The term not only covers the physical movement of products but also includes the related tasks such as packing, handling, storage, and customs procedures.
Webster Dictionary
Shipping
of Ship
Shippingadjective
relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns
Shippingadjective
relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk
Shippingnoun
the act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool
Shippingnoun
the collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage
Shippingnoun
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shipping in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shipping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of shipping in a Sentence
My best guess is that FedEx left it on the landing of my building and someone took it. I seriously doubt that they knew what was in the shipping box.
What we will do is provide that donation to the United States government, and they will determine, based upon things like ICU beds, where the course of the epidemic is in the United States. They will begin shipping tens of thousands of treatment courses out early this week and be adjusting that as the epidemic shifts and evolves in different parts, in different cities here in the United States.
We sit on 20 percent of the world's LNG, so the question is how do we get this commodity into the market place and how do we leverage it for our shipping industry.
It is reported that the U.S. Post Office will lose $1.50 on average for each package it delivers for Amazon. That amounts to Billions of Dollars, if the P.O. ‘increases its parcel rates, Amazon’s shipping costs would rise by $2.6 Billion.’ This Post Office scam must stop. Amazon must pay real costs (and taxes) now!
This assessment is based on intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar Iranian attacks on shipping, and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication.
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- الشحنArabic
- přepravaCzech
- Schifffahrt, VersandGerman
- ΑποστολήGreek
- EnvíoSpanish
- kuljetus, laivaus, laivasto, laivakuljetus, laivamatkaFinnish
- livraisonFrench
- loingeas, loingseoireachtIrish
- luingeasScottish Gaelic
- pengirimanIndonesian
- spedizioneItalian
- משלוחHebrew
- 運送Japanese
- naviportansLatin
- RemessaPortuguese
- отправка, перевозка, доставкаRussian
- fraktSwedish
- షిప్పింగ్Telugu
- NakliyeTurkish
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