SEND (sent)

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Irregular inflected form: sent   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does send mean? 

• SEND (verb)
  The verb SEND has 8 senses:

1. cause to go somewhere

2. to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place

3. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

4. transport commercially

5. assign to a station

6. transfer

7. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

8. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

  Familiarity information: SEND used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they send    ... he / she / it sends   
Past simple: sent   
Past participle: sent   
-ing form: sending   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to go somewhere

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

direct; send

Context example:

He directed all his energies into his dissertation

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

cast; contrive; project; throw (put or send forth)

turn (channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something)

turn (to send or let go)

divert (send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one)

route (send via a specific route)

refer (send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision)

airt; redirect (channel into a new direction)

blow (cause air to go in, on, or through)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

send away (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)

send away (stop associating with)

Derivation:

sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

Sense 2

Meaning:

To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

send; send out

Context example:

He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport (send from one person or place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

get off; mail (send via the postal service)

mail out (transmit by mail)

send in (mail in; cause to be delivered)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

send back (refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision)

Derivation:

sender (someone who transmits a message)

sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

mail; post; send

Context example:

I'll mail you the paper when it's written

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

express (send by rapid transport or special messenger service)

airmail (send or transport by airmail)

register (send by registered mail)

express-mail (send by express mail or courier)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They send the parcel to their parents
They send them the parcel

Derivation:

sendee (the intended recipient of a message)

sender (someone who transmits a message)

sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Transport commercially

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

send; ship; transport

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

barge (transport by barge on a body of water)

railroad (transport by railroad)

despatch; dispatch; send off (send away towards a designated goal)

forward; send on (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They send the parcel to their parents
They send them the parcel

Also:

send off (send away towards a designated goal)

send on (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Assign to a station

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

place; post; send; station

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

garrison (station (troops) in a fort or garrison)

fort (station (troops) in a fort)

locate; place; site (assign a location to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Transfer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

get off; send; send off

Context example:

The spy sent the classified information off to Russia

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

Sense 7

Meaning:

Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

charge; commit; institutionalise; institutionalize; send

Context example:

he was committed to prison

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

hospitalise; hospitalize (admit into a hospital)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sense 8

Meaning:

Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

air; beam; broadcast; send; transmit

Context example:

We cannot air this X-rated song

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)

Cause:

air (be broadcast)

Domain category:

broadcast medium; broadcasting (a medium that disseminates via telecommunications)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

sportscast (broadcast a sports event)

telecast; televise (broadcast via television)

interrogate (transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication)

rebroadcast; rerun (broadcast again, as of a film)

satellite (broadcast or disseminate via satellite)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

sender (set used to broadcast radio or tv signals)

 Context examples 

Jemima is so careful; and she could send us word every hour how he was.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

You are sure that she has not sent it yet? I am sure.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Our answers were waiting for us at the police-station, where I had directed Algar to send them.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Pray send me some news of the latter—I am quite unhappy about him; he seemed so uncomfortable when he went away, with a cold, or something that affected his spirits.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

And he and Redruth backed with a great heave that sent her stern bodily under water.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I will send you to a third master, but if you learn nothing this time also, I will no longer be your father.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

However, that’s none of my business; I am sent to nurse you and get you well; I do my duty with a safe conscience; it were well if everybody did the same.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

When he ventured to run abreast of the older wolf (which was seldom), a snarl and a snap sent him back even with the shoulder again.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Another bang of the street door sent the basket under the sofa, and the girls to the table, eager for breakfast.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

When the four travelers went in search of the Witch she had seen them coming, and so sent the Winged Monkeys to bring them to her.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)