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verb (used with object), sent, send·ing.

to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.

to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination: to send a letter.

to order, direct, compel, or force to go: The president sent troops to Asia.

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.

to emit, discharge, or utter (usually followed by off, out, or through): The lion sent a roar through the jungle.

to cause to occur or befall: The people beseeched Heaven to send peace to their war-torn village.

Electricity.

to transmit (a signal).
to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses.

Slang. to delight or excite: Frank Sinatra's records used to send her.

verb (used without object), sent, send·ing.

to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc.

Electricity. to transmit a signal: The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies.

Verb Phrases

send down, British. to expel, especially from Oxford or Cambridge.

send for, to request the coming or delivery of; summon: If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor.

send forth,

to produce; bear; yield: plants sending forth new leaves.
to dispatch out of a country as an export.
to issue, as a publication: They have sent forth a report to the stockholders.
to emit or discharge: The flowers sent forth a sweet odor.

send in, to cause to be dispatched or delivered to a destination: Send in your contest entries to this station.

send off, to cause to depart or to be conveyed from oneself; dispatch; dismiss: His teacher sent him off to the principal's office.

send out,

to distribute; issue.
to send on the way; dispatch: They sent out their final shipment last week.
to order delivery: We sent out for coffee.

send up,

to release or cause to go upward; let out.
Informal. to sentence or send to prison: He was convicted and sent up for life.
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.

OTHER WORDS FOR send

2 transmit, dispatch, forward.

4 cast, hurl, fling, project.

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OPPOSITES FOR send

1 receive.

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Idioms about send

send packing, to dismiss curtly; send away in disgrace: The cashier was stealing, so we sent him packing.

send round, to circulate or dispatch widely: Word was sent round about his illness.

Origin of send

before 900; Middle English senden,Old English sendan; cognate with German senden,Gothic sandjan (causative) <Germanic base *sinth-,*santh- go, whence Old English sīth journey, sand message, messenger

OTHER WORDS FROM send

send·a·ble, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH send

scend, send

Words nearby send

senator, senatorial, senatorial courtesy, senatorial district, senatus consultum, send, Sendai, Sendai virus, Sendak, sendal, send away

Other definitions for send (2 of 2)

send²

[ send ]

/ sɛnd /

Nautical

verb (used without object), noun sent, send·ing,

scend.

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How to use send in a sentence

This way, you can send your customers important information related to your new offers and product launch.
Five ways to use machine learning in digital marketing|Birbahadur Kathayat|February 12, 2021|Search Engine Watch
What he calls the “slow work” of such network-building goes far beyond sending out a link for sign-up.
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That unleashed the “one-and-done era,” fifteen years during which the NBA has mandated that all players be at least 19 or a year removed from high school, sending even most NBA-ready talents to college.
An NBA experiment lets draft prospects skip college, stay home and get paid to play|Michael Lee|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
Take a picture of your piece or another in the same set, upload it to the website, answer a few questions, and a curator will not only send you information on the manufacturer and pattern, but also on what the company has in stock, along with prices.
Replacing pieces of flatware or china can be a challenge. Here’s how to track them down.|Laura Daily|February 11, 2021|Washington Post

To get around this, the UK study looked at how many notifications got sent and compared the data with what scientists know about the behavior of the virus itself.
The UK’s covid app made a serious difference during the winter surge|Lindsay Muscato|February 11, 2021|MIT Technology Review
And as a bonus, they send home more than $20 billion in remittances each year.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If nobody on the outside will send Teresa money, should she learn a prison hustle?
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Johnson knew that the proposals he was going to send to the Hill would be divisive.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The girls send a cry for help…the situation of these girls is distressing.
Jihadis Release New Year’s Eve Video of Italian Female Hostages|Jamie Dettmer, Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
After all, there is only one sure-fire message that I can send by putting a Coexist sticker on the back of my car.
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With the dispersal of the spores the cone shrivels up, and then the stems starts to send out green branches.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
Messa urges the king to send a new governor, and gives his advice as to the character of him who should be sent.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
But in the end his health gave way, and the Emperor himself wrote to Prince Eugne telling him to send the old warrior home.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
But the great number of Indians still unconverted demands many more missionaries, whom the king is urged to send.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
If I can rustle horses I'll send these two boys on home, with a note to the old man explaining how the play came up.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for send (1 of 2)

send¹

/ (sɛnd) /

verb sends, sending or sent

(tr) to cause or order (a person or thing) to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another placeto send a letter; she sent the salesman away

(when intr, foll by for;; when tr, takes an infinitive) 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

(tr) to direct or cause to go to a place or pointhis blow sent the champion to the floor

(tr) to bring to a state or conditionthis noise will send me mad

(tr; often foll by forth, out, etc) to cause to issue; emithis cooking sent forth a lovely smell from the kitchen

(tr) to cause to happen or comemisery sent by fate

to transmit (a message) by radio, esp in the form of pulses

(tr) slang to move to excitement or rapturethis music really sends me

send someone about his business to dismiss or get rid of someone

send someone packing to dismiss or get rid of (someone) peremptorily

noun

another word for swash (def. 4)

Derived forms of send

sendable, adjectivesender, noun

Word Origin for send

Old English sendan; related to Old Norse senda, Gothic sandjan, Old High German senten

British Dictionary definitions for send (2 of 2)