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Collocations for shipment - noun

1. quantity of goods sent from one place to another

ADJECTIVE

aid, arms, drug, food, fuel, oil, weapons, etc.
cargo (esp. AmE)
large, massive
illegal

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VERB + shipment

get, receive
deliver, send
a contract to deliver large shipments of bananas
track
Customers can track a shipment over the Web.
escort
An armed patrol boat will escort the shipment.
intercept, seize
Customs officers have seized a large shipment of cocaine.

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PREPOSITION

shipment of
a shipment of arms
shipment from
to arrange a shipment from India
Shipments from China are up 15%.

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2. act of transporting goods

ADJECTIVE

bulk
direct (esp. AmE)

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VERB + shipment

await
large quantities of food awaiting shipment to the worst-affected areas
arrange, begin, make
ban, halt, stop, suspend
resume

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PREPOSITION

shipment to
illegal shipment of arms to the Third World

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