noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈʃɪpɪŋ/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The transportation of goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Passage or transport on a ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The shipping is included in the quoted price.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Navigation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of ship
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transportation, transport
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
Narrower terms: air transportation, air transport, navigation, hauling, trucking, truckage, freight, freightage, express, expressage, ferry, ferrying
9
noun
Meaning 9
conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship + -ing.
Clipping of relationshipping.
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 English -ing English shipping From ship + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
доставка
(dostavka)
— transportation of goods
Bulgarian:
доставяне
(dostavjane)
— transportation of goods
Catalan:
enviament
— transportation of goods
Catalan:
transport
— transportation of goods
Chinese Mandarin:
運輸 /运输
(yùnshū)
— transportation of goods
Chinese Mandarin:
航運 /航运
(hángyùn)
— transportation of goods
Czech:
přeprava
— transportation of goods
Dutch:
verzending
— transportation of goods
Finnish:
kuljetus
— transportation of goods
Finnish:
toimitus
— transportation of goods
French:
expédition
— transportation of goods
French:
envoi
— transportation of goods
Galician:
envío
— transportation of goods
German:
Schifffahrt
— transportation of goods
Hungarian:
szállítás
— transportation of goods
Irish:
seoladh
— transportation of goods
Latin:
nāviculāria
— transportation of goods
Macedonian:
до́става
(dóstava)
— transportation of goods
Macedonian:
до́ставка
(dóstavka)
— transportation of goods
Macedonian:
доставу́вање
(dostavúvanje)
— transportation of goods
Macedonian:
пре́воз
(prévoz)
— transportation of goods
Portuguese:
remessa
— transportation of goods
Portuguese:
transporte
— transportation of goods
Portuguese:
envio
— transportation of goods
Russian:
перево́зка
(perevózka)
— transportation of goods
Russian:
доста́вка
(dostávka)
— transportation of goods
Russian:
отпра́вка
(otprávka)
— transportation of goods
Serbo-Croatian:
dostava
— transportation of goods
Serbo-Croatian:
prijevoz
— transportation of goods
Serbo-Croatian:
isporuka
— transportation of goods
Serbo-Croatian:
otprema
— transportation of goods
Spanish:
envío
— transportation of goods
Spanish:
transporte
— transportation of goods
Swedish:
frakt
— transportation of goods
Bulgarian:
флот
(flot)
— body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry
Chinese Mandarin:
船舶
(chuánbó)
— body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry
Finnish:
laivasto
— body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry
Irish:
loingeas
— body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry
Macedonian:
фло́та
(flóta)
— body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry
Portuguese:
frota
— body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry
Scottish Gaelic:
luingeas
— body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry
Finnish:
laivamatka
— passage or transport on a ship
Finnish:
laivakuljetus
— passage or transport on a ship
Finnish:
laivaus
— passage or transport on a ship
Irish:
loingseoireacht
— passage or transport on a ship
Macedonian:
брода́рење
(brodárenje)
— passage or transport on a ship
Macedonian:
пло́видба
(plóvidba)
— passage or transport on a ship
Serbo-Croatian:
plovidba
— passage or transport on a ship
Serbo-Croatian:
brodarenje
— passage or transport on a ship
Bulgarian:
навло
(navlo)
— cost of sending goods
Catalan:
despeses d'enviament
— cost of sending goods
Catalan:
despeses de transport
— cost of sending goods
Czech:
doprava
— cost of sending goods
Danish:
forsendelsesomkostninger
— cost of sending goods
French:
frais de port
— cost of sending goods
French:
frais de transport
— cost of sending goods
French:
transport
— cost of sending goods
French:
frais de livraison
— cost of sending goods
Galician:
gastos de envío
— cost of sending goods
German:
Versandkosten
— cost of sending goods
German:
Transportkosten
— cost of sending goods
Greek:
έξοδα αποστολής
(éxoda apostolís)
— cost of sending goods
Hungarian:
szállítási költség
— cost of sending goods
Irish:
iompar
— cost of sending goods
Irish:
seachadadh
— cost of sending goods
Italian:
spese di spedizione
— cost of sending goods
Macedonian:
по́двоз
(pódvoz)
— cost of sending goods
Norwegian:
fraktutgifter
— cost of sending goods
Portuguese:
taxas de envio
— cost of sending goods
Serbo-Croatian:
dostavnina
— cost of sending goods
Serbo-Croatian:
podvoz
— cost of sending goods
Serbo-Croatian:
podvoznina
— cost of sending goods
Spanish:
gastos de envío
— cost of sending goods
Spanish:
gastos de transporte
— cost of sending goods