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shipment

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈʃɪpmənt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: SH IH1 P M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • We're expecting another shipment of oranges tomorrow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of transporting goods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Shipment of hazardous waste on this route is strictly prohibited.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the act of sending off something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dispatch, despatch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: departure, going, going away, leaving

Narrower terms: reshipment

4

noun

Meaning 4

goods carried by a large vehicle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, consignment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: merchandise, ware, product

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English shipment From ship + -ment.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пра́тка (prátka) — load of goods
  • Czech: zásilka — load of goods
  • Danish: forsendelse — load of goods
  • Danish: parti — load of goods
  • Danish: sending — load of goods
  • Danish: leverance — load of goods
  • Dutch: scheepslading — load of goods
  • Esperanto: ekspedaĵo — load of goods
  • Finnish: kuljetus — load of goods
  • Finnish: toimitus — load of goods
  • Finnish: lähetys — load of goods
  • French: cargaison — load of goods
  • German: Lieferung — load of goods
  • Hindi: खेप (khep) — load of goods
  • Italian: carico — load of goods
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forsendelse — load of goods
  • Plautdietsch: Lod — load of goods
  • Polish: przesyłka — load of goods
  • Polish: transport — load of goods
  • Portuguese: carregamento — load of goods
  • Russian: отпра́вка (otprávka) — load of goods
  • Russian: отгру́зка (otgrúzka) — load of goods
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀шӣљка — load of goods
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòšīljka — load of goods
  • Slovak: zásielka — load of goods
  • Spanish: cargamento — load of goods
  • Spanish: envío — load of goods
  • Spanish: encargo — load of goods
  • Spanish: remesa — load of goods
  • Swedish: försändelse — load of goods
  • Turkish: parti — load of goods
  • Bulgarian: изпра́щане (izpráštane) — the act of transporting goods
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運輸 /运输 (yùnshū) — the act of transporting goods
  • Dutch: verscheping — the act of transporting goods
  • Dutch: (het) verschepen — the act of transporting goods
  • Finnish: kuljetus — the act of transporting goods
  • Finnish: kuljettaminen — the act of transporting goods
  • German: Transport — the act of transporting goods
  • German: Lieferung — the act of transporting goods
  • Russian: перево́зка (perevózka) — the act of transporting goods
  • Russian: грузоперево́зка (gruzoperevózka) — the act of transporting goods
  • Spanish: transporte — the act of transporting goods
  • Spanish: envío — the act of transporting goods
  • Turkish: taşınma — the act of transporting goods