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Word3 send
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /send/ /send/
Example
  • she sent a letter of support.
  • let me just send this email.
  • to send something by post
  • to send something by mail
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send

(verb)/send/ /send/

    Verb Forms

  1. to make something go or be taken to a place, especially by post, email, radio, etc.
    • PAST TENSE, PAST PARTICIPLE OF send
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    • She sent a letter of support.
    • Let me just send this email.
    • to send something by post
    • to send something by mail
    • I sent the package by airmail.
    • Users were unable to send or receive emails for two days.
    • Have you sent a Christmas card to your mother yet?
    • A radio signal was sent to the spacecraft.
    • Have you sent your mother a Christmas card yet?
    • I'll send you a text message.
    • Can you send me a link to the website?
    • He sent me a copy of his new book.
    • The laptop was faulty so I sent it back to the manufacturers.
  2. to tell somebody something by sending them a message
    • My parents send their love.
    • Henry sent his regards to you.
    • What sort of message is that sending to young people?
    • He sent me word to come.
    • She sent word (that) she could not come.
    • She sent to say that she was coming home.
  3. to tell somebody to go somewhere or to do something; to arrange for somebody to go somewhere
    • Ed couldn't make it so they sent me instead.
    • She sent the kids to bed early.
    • The judge sent her to prison for two years.
    • He was sent away to boarding school at the age of eight.
    • The government has agreed to send 3 000 troops to the region.
    • We are being sent on a training course next month.
    • Children were sent home from school because it was just too hot.
    • I've sent Tom to buy some milk.
  4. to make something/somebody move quickly or suddenly
    • Every step he took sent the pain shooting up his leg.
    • The punch sent him flying.
    • The report sent share prices down a further 8p.
  5. to make somebody behave or react in a particular way
    • Her music always sends me to sleep.
    • Her account of the visit sent us into fits of laughter.
    • All the publicity nearly sent him crazy.
  6. to tell somebody clearly or rudely to go away
    • She tried to interfere but I sent her packing.
  7. used to say that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it
  8. Word Origin

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