send
1 Americanverb (used with object)
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to cause, permit, or enable to go.
to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- Antonyms:
- receive
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to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination.
to send a letter.
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to order, direct, compel, or force to go.
The president sent troops to Asia.
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to direct, propel, or deliver to a particular point, position, condition, or direction.
to send a punch to the jaw; The punch sent the fighter reeling.
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to emit, discharge, or utter (usually followed by off, out, orthrough ).
The lion sent a roar through the jungle.
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to cause to occur or befall.
The people beseeched Heaven to send peace to their war-torn village.
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Electricity.
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to transmit (a signal).
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to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses.
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Slang. to delight or excite.
Frank Sinatra's records used to send her.
verb (used without object)
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to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc.
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Electricity. to transmit a signal.
The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies.
verb phrase
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send out
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to distribute; issue.
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to send on the way; dispatch.
They sent out their final shipment last week.
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to order delivery.
We sent out for coffee.
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send in to cause to be dispatched or delivered to a destination.
Send in your contest entries to this station.
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send off to cause to depart or to be conveyed from oneself; dispatch; dismiss.
His teacher sent him off to the principal's office.
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send forth
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to produce; bear; yield.
plants sending forth new leaves.
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to dispatch out of a country as an export.
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to issue, as a publication.
They have sent forth a report to the stockholders.
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to emit or discharge.
The flowers sent forth a sweet odor.
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send for to request the coming or delivery of; summon.
If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor.
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send down to expel, especially from Oxford or Cambridge.
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send up
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to release or cause to go upward; let out.
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Informal. to sentence or send to prison.
He was convicted and sent up for life.
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to expose the flaws or foibles of through parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, or other forms of satire.
The new movie sends up merchants who commercialize Christmas.
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idioms
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send packing, to dismiss curtly; send away in disgrace.
The cashier was stealing, so we sent him packing.
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send round, to circulate or dispatch widely.
Word was sent round about his illness.
verb (used without object)
verb
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(tr) to cause or order (a person or thing) to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
to send a letter
she sent the salesman away
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to dispatch a request or command (for something or to do something)
he sent for a bottle of wine
he sent to his son to come home
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(tr) to direct or cause to go to a place or point
his blow sent the champion to the floor
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(tr) to bring to a state or condition
this noise will send me mad
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(tr; often foll by forth, out, etc) to cause to issue; emit
his cooking sent forth a lovely smell from the kitchen
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(tr) to cause to happen or come
misery sent by fate
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to transmit (a message) by radio, esp in the form of pulses
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slang (tr) to move to excitement or rapture
this music really sends me
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to dismiss or get rid of someone
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to dismiss or get rid of (someone) peremptorily
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verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of send
First recorded before 900; Middle English senden, Old English sendan; cognate with German senden, Gothic sandjan; akin to Old English sīth “journey,” sand “message, messenger”
Explanation
When you get something to end up at a destination, you send it. You can send an email, send a package, or even send a student to the dean's office. You can send a message in a letter or in an email, or you can send a rocket up into the air. You can also send a person somewhere: "My parents used to send me to camp every summer." If you kick someone out, you send them packing: "If my roommate whistles that song one more time, I swear I'll send her packing." And if you're really irritated, you might even send them flying, or knock them down.
Vocabulary lists containing send
Example Sentences
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Andorra, Tenerife's opponents on Monday, said: "With broken hearts and devastated, we want to send our most sincere condolences to the family of Jesus de Miguel, to all his team-mates, friends, and to CD Tenerife."
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Multi-beam sonar systems send out hundreds of sound waves in a wide fan shape to map the depth and structure of a swath of underwater landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
It called for more effective cooperation on countering money laundering and terrorist financing, and for officials to send more requests to identify and seek the seizure of criminal assets abroad.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
PC revenue also surprisingly declined in the September quarter, helping send shares down 29% in Friday morning trading following Intel’s third-quarter earnings release.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
‘It might send down another snowfall-or -or close up the hole with you inside...’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
It raked in more than $30 billion of free cash flow in its September quarter, when most of Big Tech was sending more cash out the door than it was bringing in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Its position allows Doherty to order stock through Irish distributors before sending books to customers around the world, including in Britain.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy described the crash as a "horrific tragedy", and said the FAA was sending a team to the scene to help an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
The council member has spent significant time in Boyle Heights following the Lineage fire, which burned down a massive cold food storage facility, sending noxious smoke into the heavily Latino neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
He was risking sending her into an endless, everlasting unrest.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
PG&E recently sent letters to thousands of its customers, saying their projects could be delayed next year as it defers $2 billion in spending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The governor then typically signs the certifications for House and Senate winners to be sent to Congress.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
A Florida husband representing himself in his divorce, who used AI, filed at least 145 motions, then sent an appeals court 45 AI-generated pages and an 863-page appendix explaining himself, according to court records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The group launched a Telegram channel shortly before the attack and included a link to the page in the first message it sent through the system.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
It is sent from my email, but I never sent those words.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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