- 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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Arcuri said “memory suppliers are rewidening” the price premium for HBM, which could send average selling prices up by about 79% from the previous year, compared to his previous estimate for a 67% increase.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
During that brief period, the Moon will completely cover the Sun and send the observatory into darkness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
A second straight year with big negative summertime revisions, however, could send economists searching for a deeper statistical explanation for the pattern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Telegraph also reported that Arday hired law firm Carter-Ruck to send a letter to THE which implied that the "apparent attack" on Arday might be "racially motivated".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I shall send for the doctor from the village right away. And Hans, you will find a place for that animal in the stables.”
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
The crisis in the Middle East is helping them export their way out of trouble: Chinese carmakers are sending excess supply to overseas markets, where high gasoline prices are prompting more drivers to buy EVs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Dorsey has a long history of sending athletes to the professional leagues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
But sending checks to customers who paid higher prices because of the tariffs doesn’t seem to be in the offing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Following the announcement of her death, thousands of followers posted messages on Towle's social media accounts paying tribute to her and sending well wishes to her family.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“They could go back and, I don’t know, tackle me as I was walking into the cave a little bit ago, sending me back or forward in time that way? . . .”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Jeff emailed and another sweatshirt was sent, but the correspondence between him and the band's singer, Michael Hett, continued - and it was he who suggested the couple should visit.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
After a meal, it’s where most of the sugar, or glucose, in our blood is sent.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
They’ve sent Yum and Sweetgreen shares down 10% and 30%, respectively, in the past month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Harris-Dawson “took that power out of us and sent it to Destination Crenshaw,” Johnson-Roussell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
We needed rope and sent Lester as the smallest boy up the bell rope in the tower.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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