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. Ashti Hawrami:

   The scale was huge. And it was a totally new game for us. Buyers wanted the KRG to lease its own crude cargo ships. We knew nothing about the shipping or sea transportation industry.

2. Fabiana Fedeli:

   We expect that the impact on refinery margins will become tangible from late Q3 2019 when ships are likely to begin shifting to compliant fuels, interestingly, this is still not reflected in diesel crack futures.

3. Italian Prosecutor Giovanni Salvi:

   Merchant ships don't have adequate preparation for rescues at sea, and that can result in a recue that isn't sufficient, the fact is, rescues at sea are difficult and require professionalism.

4. Jonathan Moss:

   Security advice to ships calling at ports in Libya may change from day to day, vessels transiting through the Mediterranean are advised to remain clear of Libyan waters.

5. Colonel Restituto Padilla:

   We want the U.S. military to watch over our ships, which China attempts to block every time we rotate troops and bring supplies to a ship that ran aground on Ayungin shoal.

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