Definitions for ships
ships

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1. Ships

   Large vessels propelled by power or sail used for transportation on rivers, seas, oceans, or other navigable waters. Boats are smaller vessels propelled by oars, paddles, sail, or power; they may or may not have a deck.

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1. ships

   Plural form of ship.

   The cruise company had a number of cruise ships each with a different route providing a voyage of beauty to its customers.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 6, 2016  

2. ships

   Verb for of the word ship.

   The ship's crew were delighted to serve their customers and loved their jobs.

   Submitted by MaryC on October 24, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ships' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3598

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ships' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3987

How to pronounce ships?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say ships in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ships in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ships in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ships in a Sentence

1. Guillermo Wade:

   There is no way to replace the service of the boats that take the pilots to the incoming cargo ships.

2. Dimitra Theodossiou:

   It was very cold, terribly cold. Nearby ships sprayed water from their hydrants (to fight the fire) and we were completely wet.

3. Herbjorn Hansson:

   We see a clear increase in demand, especially from the East, and the oil is also carried over longer distances. There are very few idle ships out there now and the market is much tighter.

4. Venezuela Pompeo:

   We are working diligently to get answers to what caused those ships to have the problems that they have today.

5. President Francois Hollande:

   We unwound the contract we had with Russia, on good terms, respectful of Russia and not suffering any penalty for France, yesterday, I agreed the price and conditions of this sale with (Egyptian) President (Abdel Fattah al-)Sisi and so France will ensure the delivery of these ships without losing anything, while helping protect Egypt.

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