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# courier

«courier» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person or company that delivers parcels, letters or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a courier, couriers); verb (courier, couriers, couriered, couriering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A courier is a person or company that delivers parcels, letters or documents quickly to people's homes or businesses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#m1)

2) A courier is also someone who looks after a group of tourists on a trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#m2)

3) To courier something means to send it by courier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a courier brings online shopping to the door, often in a van or on a bike. Safety: check who is at the door, and parcel scam messages often pretend to be from a courier. Phrases: by courier, a courier van, a bike courier, a delivery courier.

### examples

- The courier left the parcel on our doorstep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#x1)
- The documents were sent by courier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#x2)
- A bike courier raced through the city traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#x3)
- Mum got a text saying the courier would come at noon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#x4)
- The courier asked me to sign for the package. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#x5)
- Beware of fake messages from couriers asking for money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#x6)
- They couriered the tickets to our house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#x7)
- Then came a courier bearing the congratulations of the King and Queen, who had just heard of his successful return, and there was even a graceful compliment from Sabella herself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/#x8)

### note

Countable: a courier, couriers. Pronounced KOOR-ee-er. Similar: delivery driver, messenger. Do not confuse with «currier» (rare word) or «carrier».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «courier» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courier/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.