shipment meaning
shipment :
goods sent, products transported
noun
▪ The shipment arrived yesterday.
▪ The goods came yesterday.
▪ They received a large shipment.
▪ They received a lot of goods.
paraphrasing
▪ delivery – goods sent
▪ consignment – products transported
▪ freight – goods transported by truck, ship, or plane
▪ cargo – goods carried on a ship, aircraft, or vehicle
Pronunciation
shipment [ˈʃɪp.mənt]
The word has the stress on the first syllable 'ship' and sounds like 'ship-ment'.
Common phrases and grammar about shipment
shipment - Common meaning
noun
goods sent, products transported
Part of Speech Changes for "shipment"
▪ No common derivatives for shipment.
Common Expressions with "shipment"
▪ large shipment – a big amount of goods sent
▪ international shipment – goods sent to another country
▪ incoming shipment – goods that are arriving
▪ shipment tracking – following the shipment's progress
Important examples of shipment in TOEIC
Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC vocabulary questions, shipment usually refers to goods that are sent or transported in a business context.
Example of a confusing word: ship (a vessel or to send)
Grammar examples from the TOEIC test
Shipment is used as a noun to identify the goods being sent or their transport in grammar questions.
shipment
Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC
cargo shipment
'goods carried by vehicle', used when discussing transport details.
expedite shipment
means 'to speed up the sending of goods', used in urgent delivery situations.
Differences between similar words and shipment
shipment
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delivery
differences
shipment refers to goods sent, while delivery emphasizes the act of bringing them.
shipment
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Shipment refers to the goods sent, while consignment refers to goods sent to be sold by another party.
differences
Words with the same origin as shipment
The origin of shipment
shipment comes from the word "ship", which refers to a large boat for transporting goods.
Word structure
It has the root 'ship' and the suffix 'ment', so 'shipment' means 'the act of sending by ship'.
Words with the same origin
The root of 'shipment' is 'ship'. Words with the same root include ship, shipping, sailor, and shipyard.
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