ship

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʃɪp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ʃɪp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ship)

Inflections of 'ship' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
ships
v 3rd person singular
shipping
v pres p
shipped
v past
shipped
v past p

Collocations for "ship"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "ship" in context.

WordReference English Collocations © 2025

ship

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [foreign, navy, war, sailing] ship
  2. a [cruise, container, cargo] ship
  3. a [small, large, long, huge, big] ship
  4. [design, make, build] a model ship
  5. the ship left [port, the harbor, England]
  6. the ship sailed to [Africa]
  7. the ship sailed the [oceans, seas]
  8. [30] ships set sail for [Africa]
  9. the navy [has, boasts, stationed] [30] ships
  10. the ship sank in the [Atlantic]
  11. the ship (was) washed up on the [rocks, beach, coast]
  12. the goods will be [delivered, sent] by ship
  13. the [captain] of the ship
  14. [facilities, restaurants, rooms, entertainment] aboard the ship
  15. entertainment [on, aboard] the ship
  16. [captained, steered] the ship
  17. [went, traveled, voyaged] by ship
  18. [runs, keeps] a tight ship
  19. that ship has sailed
  20. the ship's [captain, crew, passengers, hold, galley, log]
v
  1. ship the [package, delivery]
  2. ship [domestically, internationally]
  3. [will, can] ship to [Canada]
  4. will ship in [two business days]
  5. [usually, normally] ships within [two days]
  6. estimated to ship within [two days]
  7. ships from [Canada]
  8. ships from our warehouse [in, within]
  9. [your, the] order has shipped
  10. ship via [priority, first class]
  11. ship [express, overnight]
  12. ship on [FOB, DDP] terms
  13. [drop, partial] ship the [goods, order]
  14. ship it back
  15. ship out the [orders, products]
  16. the [sailors, navy, troops] shipped out (the following day)
  17. the [wounded, supplies, weapons] were shipped out
  18. shape up or ship out
'ship' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ASAP - abandoned - ambush - anchor - ballast - barge - beach - beam - belly - berth - board - bottle - bow - box - bridge - buffet - built - cabin - camel - canal - captain - cargo - chartered - coast - command - commission - construction - container - convey - course - cove - crude - cruise - dash - deck - desert - determination - distance - distress - dock - down - downward - drift - drum - engineer - entire - equipment - fin - flare - fleet

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