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Syllabification: (send)
Pronunciation: /send/

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Definition of send

verb (past and past participle sent /sent/)

  • 1 [with object] cause to go or be taken to a particular destination; arrange for the delivery of, especially by mail:we sent a reminder letter but received no reply [with two objects]:he sent her a nice little note
  • cause (a message or computer file) to be transmitted electronically:send your document as a PDF attachment [with two objects]:I sent him an e-mail last week
  • order or instruct to go to a particular destination or in a particular direction:Clemons sent me to Bangkok for R&R
  • [no object, with infinitive] send a message or letter:he sent to invite her to supper
  • cause to move sharply or quickly; propel:the volcano sent clouds of ash up four miles into the air
  • (send someone to) arrange for someone to go to (an institution) and stay there for a particular purpose:many parents prefer to send their children to single-sex schools
  • 2 [with object] informal affect with powerful emotion; put into ecstasy:it’s the spectacle and music that send us, not the words

Phrases

send someone flying

cause someone to be knocked violently off balance or to the ground.

send someone packing

see pack1.

send someone to the showers

see shower.

send word

send a message:he sent word that he was busy

Phrasal Verbs

send away for

order or request that (something) be sent to one:you can send away for the recipe

send someone down

British
  • 1expel a student from a university.
  • 2 informal sentence someone to imprisonment:you’re going to get sent down for possessing drugs

send for

order or instruct (someone) to come to one; summon:if you don’t go I shall send for the police
order by mail:send for our mail order catalog

send something in

submit material to be considered for a competition or possible publication:don’t forget to send in your entries for our summer competition

send off for

another way of saying send away for above.

send someone off

instruct someone to go; arrange for someone’s departure:she sent him off to a lecturing engagement
(of a referee, especially in soccer or rugby) order a player to leave the field and take no further part in the game:the player was sent off for rough play

send something off

dispatch something by mail:please take a moment or two to send off a check to a good cause

send something on

transmit mail or luggage to a further destination or in advance of one’s own arrival:I’ve got your catalog—would you like me to send it on?

send out for something

order delivery of something:we sent out for pizza

send something out

  • 1produce or give out something; emit something:radar signals were sent out in powerful pulses
  • 2dispatch items to a number of people; distribute something widely:the company sent out written information about the stock

send someone up

sentence someone to imprisonment:he was sent up for arson

send someone/something up

informal give an exaggerated imitation of someone or something in order to ridicule them:the humorist who sent up sacred cows like school spirit

Derivatives

sendable

adjective

sender

noun

Origin:

Old English sendan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zenden and German senden

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Definition of send in the British & World English dictionary

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