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send 1
(sĕnd)v. sent (sĕnt), send·ing, sends
v.tr.
1. To cause to be conveyed by an intermediary to a destination: send goods by plane.
2. To dispatch, as by a communications medium: send a message by radio.
3.
a. To direct to go on a mission: sent troops into the Middle East.
b. To require or enable to go: sent her children to college.
c. To direct (a person) to a source of information; refer: sent the student to the reference section of the library.
4.
a. To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue: a stove that sends forth great warmth.
b. To utter or otherwise emit (sound): sent forth a cry of pain.
5. To hit so as to direct or propel with force; drive: The batter sent the ball to left field. The slap on my back sent me staggering.
6. To cause to take place or occur: We will meet whatever vicissitudes fate may send.
7.
a. To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.
b. Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message: Let's send out for hamburgers.
2. To dispatch a request or order, especially by mail: send away for a new catalogue.
3. To transmit a message or messages: The radio operator was still sending when the ship went down.
send down Chiefly British
To suspend or dismiss from a university.
send for
To request to come by means of a message or messenger; summon.
send in
1. To cause to arrive or to be delivered to the recipient: Let's send in a letter of protest.
2. Sports To put (a player) into or back into a game or contest: The coach is sending in the kicker.
3. To cause (someone) to arrive in or become involved in a particular place or situation: The commander sent in the sappers. It's time to send in the lawyers.
send off
Sports To eject (a player), as from a soccer game, especially for a flagrant violation of the rules.
send up Informal
Idioms: 1. To send to jail: was sent up for 20 years.
2. To make a parody of: "grandiloquently eccentric but witty verbiage ... that would send up the nastiness of suburban London" (New York).
send flying Informal
To cause to be knocked or scattered about with force: a blow to the table that sent the dishes flying.
send packing
To dismiss (someone) abruptly.
send′er n.
Synonyms: send1, dispatch, forward, route, ship, transmit
These verbs mean to cause to go or be taken to a destination: sent the package by parcel post; dispatched a union representative to the factory; forwards the mail to their new address; routed the soldiers through New York; shipped his books to his dormitory; transmits money by cable.
These verbs mean to cause to go or be taken to a destination: sent the package by parcel post; dispatched a union representative to the factory; forwards the mail to their new address; routed the soldiers through New York; shipped his books to his dormitory; transmits money by cable.
send 2
(sĕnd)v. & n. Nautical
Variant of scend.
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| Verb | 1. | send for - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" order, enjoin, tell, say - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" call - order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty" beep - call, summon, or alert with a beeper call back, recall - summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession" call in - summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in" lift - call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs muster - call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc. hail - call for; "hail a cab" summon - ask to come; "summon a lawyer" call - call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week" |
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send
verb1. To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination:
2. To direct or allow to leave.Also used with away:
Idioms: send about one's business, send packing, show someone the door.
4. Slang. To move or excite greatly:
send forphrasal verb
send forth
phrasal verb
send up
Informal. To place officially in confinement:
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Translations
يَسْتَدْعي، يُرْسِلُ في طَلَب
přivolatzavolat
bestille
küld: érte küld
láta sækja, senda eftir
poslať po
skicka efter
çağırtmakgetirtmek
w>send for
vi +prep obj
person → kommen lassen; doctor, police, priest → rufen; help → herbeirufen; reinforcements → herbeibeordern; food → bringen lassen; (person in authority) pupil, secretary, minister → zu sich bestellen; I’ll send for you/these books when I want you/them → ich lasse Sie rufen/ich schicke nach den Büchern, wenn ich Sie/sie brauche; to send for somebody to do something → jdn herbeiholen or nach jdm schicken, um etw zu tun; has the doctor been sent for yet? → ist der Arzt schon gerufen worden?
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send
(send) – past tense, past participle sent (sent) – verb1. to cause or order to go or be taken. The teacher sent the disobedient boy to the headmaster; She sent me this book.
2. to move rapidly or with force. He sent the ball right into the goal.
3. to cause to go into a certain, usually bad, state. The news sent them into a panic.
ˈsender noun a person who sends eg a letter.
send away for to order by post. I've sent away for some things that I saw in the catalogue.
send down to expel (a student) from a university.
send for to ask to come, or order to be delivered. Her son was sent for; I'll send for a taxi.
send in to offer or submit, eg for a competition. He sent in three drawings for the competition.
send off to accompany (a person) to the place, or be at the place, where he will start a journey: A great crowd gathered at the station to send the football team off (noun ˈsend-off) send off for
to send away for.
send out1. to distribute eg by post. A notice has been sent out to all employees.
2. (eg of plants) to produce. This plant has sent out some new shoots.
send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness. He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.
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