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| send [ send ] |
verb (past and past participle sent [ sent ], present participle send·ing, 3rd person present singular sends) |
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1. transitive verb cause somebody or something to go: to cause somebody or something to be moved or taken to another place
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2. transitive verb communicate something: to transmit information or a message to somebody who is somewhere else
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3. transitive verb command somebody to go: to ask or command somebody to come or go
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4. transitive verb enable somebody to go: to enable somebody to go somewhere special
  Let's send the children to camp this summer.
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5. transitive verb refer somebody somewhere: to suggest that somebody go somewhere or see somebody, usually for a specific kind of information
He sent the student to his colleague for advice.
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6. transitive verb bring something about: to make something happen
Our blessings were sent by a higher power.
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7. transitive verb propel something: to make something move or travel by pushing it or hitting it
A gust of wind sent the papers swirling around the office.
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8. transitive verb drive somebody into particular state: to make somebody enter a particular condition
The delay is sending her into fits of frustration.
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9. transitive verb excite somebody greatly: to excite or thrill somebody intensely
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dated slang
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10. intransitive verb comput be transmitted: to be transmitted or transmittable
This e-mail won't send.
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11. intransitive verb telecommunications broadcast information: to transmit information by telecommunication
The operator was still sending when the power was cut off.
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comput command to transmit computer data: a command, key, or icon on a computer monitor or keyboard that is used to start the transmission of data
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| [ Old English sendan< Germanic, "cause to go"] |
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send flying to make somebody or something fly through the air by force of impact
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send somebody packing to dismiss or send somebody away in a firm, not very polite way (informal)
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