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Ship for vs Ship to

Both 'ship for' and 'ship to' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Ship to' is used to indicate the destination of the shipment, while 'ship for' is used to indicate the purpose or intended recipient of the shipment.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 3693 views

Ship for

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate the purpose or intended recipient of the shipment.

Use 'ship for' when you want to specify the purpose or intended recipient of the shipment. For example, 'I need to ship this package for my friend's birthday.'

Examples:

I need to ship this package for my friend's birthday.
We are shipping these goods for the trade show next week.
The company ships products for distribution to various stores.
She ships items for her online business.
He ships supplies for the construction project.

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- Preparing ship for metamorphosis, sir.
Anna invited Tyler and me onto her ship for dinner.
Leaving our ship for the last time, we fled to Genesis.
Upon our arrival at Regula One, all materials of Project Genesis will be transferred to this ship for testing on Ceti Alpha Six.
Clara, captain the ship for a short while.
He's let me steer the ship for the last hour.
Then I could send another ship for you.
This is an odd ship for farmers.
They're atrophied from being on a ship for a month.
Take him back to my ship for mind regression.
I've been sneaking around this ship for days.
He intends to take ship for Egypt, sir.
She was a vital, living person... aboard my ship for almost two years.
He intended to commandeer the ship for the SS.
You're restricted to the ship for 45 days.
They think it buried the ship for good.
And now I will ready your ship for evacuation.
To sail this ship for you, sir.
He kept me safe on that ship for over a year.
Use that ship for target practice.

Alternatives:

send for
deliver for
transport for
dispatch for
forward for

Ship to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate the destination of the shipment.

Use 'ship to' when you want to specify the destination of the shipment. For example, 'The package is being shipped to our office in New York.'

Examples:

The package is being shipped to our office in New York.
They are shipping the order to the customer's address.
The company ships products to distributors around the country.
She ships packages to customers all over the world.
He ships supplies to the construction site.

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We had to dismantle our ship to provide the raw materials.
You have to command the ship to enter FTL on the remaining drives...
Subject: Ship to ship oil transfers in the Firth of Forth, Scotland
Something is pulling the ship to more than fourteen nodes.
He needs your ship to leave the planet.
It's probably in a cargo ship to Jamaica.
The next ship to Hong Kong leaves at nine tonight.
I'm leaving ship to overtake him, as fearful of his condition.
Transport notification means the announcement of an intended voyage of a ship to a competent authority.
Our forefathers built that ship to protect a new nation.
The U.A.V. is en route back to ship to refuel.
You'll take a ship to raid the fishing villages on the Stoney Shore.
Everyone's jumping ship to follow Coach Walsh to his new team.
We found him rigging the ship to blow.
Then they will be sending a ship to investigate this Tin Man.
We can use this ship to fly up there.
Captain, I suggest we take the ship to full impulse.
I've dispatched a ship to transport the prisoner back to Lunar V.
I doubt this will be the last ship to carry the name Enterprise.
Shogun Yoshinobu abandoned his forces and fled by ship to Edo.

Alternatives:

send to
deliver to
transport to
dispatch to
forward to

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