SEND OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does send off mean? 

• SEND OFF (verb)
  The verb SEND OFF has 3 senses:

1. send away towards a designated goal

2. throw, send, or cast forward

3. transfer

  Familiarity information: SEND OFF used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEND OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Send away towards a designated goal

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

despatch; dispatch; send off

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

send; ship; transport (transport commercially)

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

bundle off (send off unceremoniously)

route (send documents or materials to appropriate destinations)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Throw, send, or cast forward

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

project; send off

Context example:

project a missile

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

impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 3

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 off" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

send-off (an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture)

 Context examples 

Bangs came twice a day, Hannah sat up at night, Meg kept a telegram in her desk all ready to send off at any minute, and Jo never stirred from Beth's side.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He promised me the sight of a capital gun he is just going to send off; said he would keep it unpacked to the last possible moment, that I might see it; and if I do not turn back now, I have no chance.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)