- a variation of scend.
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
noun
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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"We send condolences to all of those affected by such a tragic event and thank everyone for all they did to help."
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
They have a lot of people on staff who are in the fundraising business, send out mail, and now they do TV advertisements and all sorts of things to raise money.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
I waited a year for Tesla to send me a 2026 Model Y—the so-called Juniper update to its global bestseller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
South Korea was set Saturday to send its first trial container through the Arctic, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups warned the route could accelerate polar ice melt.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The spirits began to send messages not only through the sisters, but, Leah said, directed to them, “Make ready for the work.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Running too low through the flat-out final corner, Verstappen's inside wheels caught the wet painted line and he lost the rear, sending him nose first into the outside wall.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
But my biggest memory was the family sending someone to get him food from Burger King instead of Lawry’s at a media event that week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"I don't think they want us to stop sending any of that energy."
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
And maybe there even would’ve been a civil action against them to try to do those two things that I said, stop sending out money and give away the money they have.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Gingersnipes shrieked, reeling back into the table, sending a clatter of teacups to the floor.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
I found out the coach sent home letters to parents asking them to write a letter to their son and say something positive while expressing their love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
But he knew the late owner personally, a customer named Tom, and “I know Tom would not want that book sent to the guillotine,” Brown told The Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
In 1606, Spain sent a friar to the Potano village to establish a mission.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Each month, they were sent a mailer promoting the “Selection of the Month,” and if the customer failed to return the rejection form, Columbia House would send them the new release and charge their account.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
My cell dings again, reminding me that Grandma sent me a link.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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