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Definition of convoy in English: convoynoun ˈkɒnvɔɪˈkɑnˌvɔɪ A group of ships or vehicles travelling together, typically one accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protection. Example sentencesExamples - For example, you are often tasked to accompany and protect convoys of food or refugees.
- Long convoys still travel though the shattered rock and sand of the deserts and the hills.
- Too often, logistics convoys are thrown together at the last minute without even a combat order or a precombat inspection.
- In the First World War it was a rendezvous point for convoys travelling to Norway.
- Roosevelt had already pushed neutrality to the limit and had assigned warships to accompany convoys in the Atlantic.
- He had previous convictions after pretending to be a fleet manager sending aid convoys to Bosnia and twice posing as a police officer.
- An armed convoy of police vehicles swept into the prison complex an hour before his court hearing.
- I had two bodyguards and we would travel in a convoy of not less than two armoured vehicles.
- They welcome outsiders with threats and extortion, and steal food from aid convoys.
- He urged them not to travel in convoys, because these tend to create a real hazard as motorists attempt to overtake on narrow roads.
- That day they visited four different bases, traveling between them in convoys.
- The motorcycle unit set up road blocks as a convoy of Tactical Aid Unit vans made their way to the addresses.
- They were among a group of locals who had rushed to the aid of the stricken convoy.
- Attacks on trucks and aid convoys make roads too dangerous to travel, and the scared and hungry arrive at swollen relief camps daily.
- In fact, she was travelling in a convoy of three vehicles when all three drivers were stopped.
- They were also designated to protect truck convoys and counter ambush forces.
- Ahead of the convoys were processions of mine sweepers, Coast Guard cutters, buoy-layers and motor launches.
- Some Marines were flown back to the ship; others came down in convoys with their own vehicles.
- U.N. agencies are already on the ground bringing in convoys of relief aid.
- True to his word the travellers left in a convoy of caravans on Monday afternoon.
Synonyms group, fleet, cavalcade, motorcade, cortège, caravan, company, line, train, procession British informal crocodile
verb ˈkɒnvɔɪˈkɑnˌvɔɪ [with object](of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection. American destroyers helped to convoy much-needed supplies to Britain in 1917–18 Example sentencesExamples - Maarten Tromp defeated Blake off Dungeness in December 1652, but convoying Dutch merchant ships through the Channel proved difficult and the Dutch chief minister, Johan de Witt, settled for reasonable peace terms from Cromwell in 1654.
- The 32 OCS then convoyed and deployed all the equipment to Douglas Field, Fort Sill Army Post, and another local training site, all under field conditions.
- The best way to do that is not to have an army available to convoy.
- If their vehicles aren't armored, the policy is that they are convoyed on other vehicles.
- It would treat the army's move as a convoy in A and B, and would keep the convoy intact in C. Those who feel that the army move should be considered overland, not convoyed, won't like that.
- Every day, for 350 days, we organized the trains and convoyed to the brigade support area as a logistics package.
- The harsh reality, again, is, as reported earlier by CNN, their vehicles are often convoyed further north.
- If France does not enter the Channel, the army may be convoyed through the North Sea to Norway.
- These companies, which convoyed daily, were able to provide their own security.
- His first 11 months aboard the Alabama was in the European theatre, mostly in the North Sea, convoying British and Russian troop and supply ships against a German U-boat armada.
- The Airmen then convoyed to the city in early April where they replaced a group of Soldiers and became the 2632nd Aerospace Expeditionary Force Transportation Company.
- The bottleneck access to Bulgaria means that deployment of armies is maddeningly slow until the Black Sea has been secured and can be used for convoying armies out of Ankara.
- Not only does Italy have every advantage that both Austria and Turkey do, but it also gains the advantage of outflanking Austria by convoying an army into Greece.
- These campaigns were narrowly defeated using a balanced force of Allied fleets, with opposing submarines, merchant ships convoyed by surface ships (primarily destroyers), and sea and land-based aviation.
- Or an army may be available in the British Isles, with no way to convoy it to where it is needed.
Synonyms escort, accompany, attend, flank protect, guard, defend
Phrases the army trucks had passed through in convoy the previous evening Example sentencesExamples - On the day his action earned him his medal, gunner Thomas, who married his American girlfriend Bridget last year, was travelling in convoy when his tank struck a roadside bomb and set alight.
- The ‘curfew’ was generally welcomed by the committee, but some members were concerned it would encourage drivers to wait in lay-bys outside the town until the allotted time and then enter in convoy.
- In convoy the two cars drove out of the car park and back towards the farm.
- Hundreds of old military vehicles have driven in convoy to the Channel ports on the South Coast as they make their way to the anniversary celebrations.
- For more than a week we drove in convoy on roads that were sometimes narrow and rutted, sometimes multi-stranded tracks and sometimes not roads at all but just the wide-open desert.
- From there they will make their way in convoy to Leopardstown and enjoy a fun day out with face-painting, music, dancing and a host of other activities especially lined up for their entertainment.
- Furthermore, I lose count of the number of lorries which appear to love travelling in convoy, leaving no gaps in between in which to allow for overtaking.
- More than 500 youngsters aged six to 12 from throughout the United Kingdom will arrive at Buckingham Palace, including 200 in 100 decorated London taxis driving in convoy down The Mall.
- Meanwhile in Waterford city, 80 taxi drivers met in Railway Square at lunchtime and drove in convoy along the Cork road, onto the quay and over Rice Bridge.
- A coach and an ambulance travelled in convoy from our area.
Synonyms accompanying, following, in attendance, in convoy, by one's side, in one's charge, under one's protection
Origin Late Middle English (originally Scots, as a verb in the senses 'convey', 'conduct', and 'act as escort'): from French convoyer, from medieval Latin conviare (see convey). Definition of convoy in US English: convoynounˈkɑnˌvɔɪ A group of ships or vehicles traveling together, typically accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protection. Example sentencesExamples - He had previous convictions after pretending to be a fleet manager sending aid convoys to Bosnia and twice posing as a police officer.
- They were also designated to protect truck convoys and counter ambush forces.
- Too often, logistics convoys are thrown together at the last minute without even a combat order or a precombat inspection.
- In the First World War it was a rendezvous point for convoys travelling to Norway.
- An armed convoy of police vehicles swept into the prison complex an hour before his court hearing.
- Long convoys still travel though the shattered rock and sand of the deserts and the hills.
- They were among a group of locals who had rushed to the aid of the stricken convoy.
- The motorcycle unit set up road blocks as a convoy of Tactical Aid Unit vans made their way to the addresses.
- I had two bodyguards and we would travel in a convoy of not less than two armoured vehicles.
- Some Marines were flown back to the ship; others came down in convoys with their own vehicles.
- Attacks on trucks and aid convoys make roads too dangerous to travel, and the scared and hungry arrive at swollen relief camps daily.
- Ahead of the convoys were processions of mine sweepers, Coast Guard cutters, buoy-layers and motor launches.
- True to his word the travellers left in a convoy of caravans on Monday afternoon.
- They welcome outsiders with threats and extortion, and steal food from aid convoys.
- In fact, she was travelling in a convoy of three vehicles when all three drivers were stopped.
- He urged them not to travel in convoys, because these tend to create a real hazard as motorists attempt to overtake on narrow roads.
- That day they visited four different bases, traveling between them in convoys.
- For example, you are often tasked to accompany and protect convoys of food or refugees.
- U.N. agencies are already on the ground bringing in convoys of relief aid.
- Roosevelt had already pushed neutrality to the limit and had assigned warships to accompany convoys in the Atlantic.
Synonyms group, fleet, cavalcade, motorcade, cortège, caravan, company, line, train, procession
verbˈkɑnˌvɔɪ [with object](of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection. Example sentencesExamples - Not only does Italy have every advantage that both Austria and Turkey do, but it also gains the advantage of outflanking Austria by convoying an army into Greece.
- If their vehicles aren't armored, the policy is that they are convoyed on other vehicles.
- These campaigns were narrowly defeated using a balanced force of Allied fleets, with opposing submarines, merchant ships convoyed by surface ships (primarily destroyers), and sea and land-based aviation.
- These companies, which convoyed daily, were able to provide their own security.
- If France does not enter the Channel, the army may be convoyed through the North Sea to Norway.
- The 32 OCS then convoyed and deployed all the equipment to Douglas Field, Fort Sill Army Post, and another local training site, all under field conditions.
- Or an army may be available in the British Isles, with no way to convoy it to where it is needed.
- The harsh reality, again, is, as reported earlier by CNN, their vehicles are often convoyed further north.
- Every day, for 350 days, we organized the trains and convoyed to the brigade support area as a logistics package.
- It would treat the army's move as a convoy in A and B, and would keep the convoy intact in C. Those who feel that the army move should be considered overland, not convoyed, won't like that.
- The Airmen then convoyed to the city in early April where they replaced a group of Soldiers and became the 2632nd Aerospace Expeditionary Force Transportation Company.
- His first 11 months aboard the Alabama was in the European theatre, mostly in the North Sea, convoying British and Russian troop and supply ships against a German U-boat armada.
- Maarten Tromp defeated Blake off Dungeness in December 1652, but convoying Dutch merchant ships through the Channel proved difficult and the Dutch chief minister, Johan de Witt, settled for reasonable peace terms from Cromwell in 1654.
- The best way to do that is not to have an army available to convoy.
- The bottleneck access to Bulgaria means that deployment of armies is maddeningly slow until the Black Sea has been secured and can be used for convoying armies out of Ankara.
Synonyms escort, accompany, attend, flank
Phrases (of traveling vehicles) as a group; together. the army trucks had passed through in convoy the previous evening Example sentencesExamples - From there they will make their way in convoy to Leopardstown and enjoy a fun day out with face-painting, music, dancing and a host of other activities especially lined up for their entertainment.
- Hundreds of old military vehicles have driven in convoy to the Channel ports on the South Coast as they make their way to the anniversary celebrations.
- For more than a week we drove in convoy on roads that were sometimes narrow and rutted, sometimes multi-stranded tracks and sometimes not roads at all but just the wide-open desert.
- On the day his action earned him his medal, gunner Thomas, who married his American girlfriend Bridget last year, was travelling in convoy when his tank struck a roadside bomb and set alight.
- The ‘curfew’ was generally welcomed by the committee, but some members were concerned it would encourage drivers to wait in lay-bys outside the town until the allotted time and then enter in convoy.
- More than 500 youngsters aged six to 12 from throughout the United Kingdom will arrive at Buckingham Palace, including 200 in 100 decorated London taxis driving in convoy down The Mall.
- In convoy the two cars drove out of the car park and back towards the farm.
- Meanwhile in Waterford city, 80 taxi drivers met in Railway Square at lunchtime and drove in convoy along the Cork road, onto the quay and over Rice Bridge.
- Furthermore, I lose count of the number of lorries which appear to love travelling in convoy, leaving no gaps in between in which to allow for overtaking.
- A coach and an ambulance travelled in convoy from our area.
Synonyms accompanying, following, in attendance, in convoy, by one's side, in one's charge, under one's protection
Origin Late Middle English (originally Scots, as a verb in the senses ‘convey’, ‘conduct’, and ‘act as escort’): from French convoyer, from medieval Latin conviare (see convey). |