Definition

Verb: 1. To cause something to go or be taken to another place: This is the core meaning. It involves initiating the movement or transmission of something (a physical object, a message, a signal) away from the source. 2. To dispatch or emit: This meaning emphasizes the action of releasing or issuing something from a point of origin.

Usage

The verb "send out" is transitive and requires a direct object (the thing being sent). It is commonly used in both literal and figurative contexts to describe the act of causing something to leave its source and go elsewhere.

Examples

• Literal (Physical Objects):
  • The company will send out the new product samples next week.
  • Please send out this package by express mail.
• Literal (Messages/Signals):
  • The office sends out a weekly newsletter to all employees.
  • The satellite sends out a continuous signal.
• Figurative (Emissions/Effects):
  • The flowers send out a beautiful fragrance.
  • The new policy sent out a clear message about the company's priorities.

Advanced Usage

• "to send out for (something)": To request that something (typically food) be delivered from an external place.
  • We're working late tonight, so let's send out for pizza.
• "to send out invitations/requests": To distribute invitations or solicitations to a group of people.
  • They sent out wedding invitations to over two hundred guests.

Variants and Related Words

• Send-off (noun): A demonstration of good wishes for someone beginning a journey or venture; a farewell.
  • They gave her a wonderful send-off when she left the company.
• Outsend (verb, archaic/rare): To send out or forth.

Synonyms

• Dispatch: To send off to a destination, especially for a specific purpose.
• Transmit: To cause something to pass from one place or person to another.
• Emit: To produce and discharge (something, especially gas, radiation, or a signal).
• Issue: To supply or distribute something officially.
• Circulate: To distribute or spread something, especially information, among a group.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Send away: To dispatch someone or something; to ask someone to leave.
  • He sent the assistant away with the documents.
• Send off: To dispatch something by mail; or to cause someone to leave for a place.
  • I need to send off this letter today.

Related Idioms

• Send out an SOS/SOS: To make a desperate appeal for help (from the Morse code distress signal).
  • The stranded hikers had to send out an SOS using their emergency beacon.
• Send out feelers: To make tentative or cautious inquiries to gauge opinion or gather information.
  • Before announcing the merger, the company sent out feelers to key investors.

Verb

1. to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
   • He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept