send word
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Definition
- Verb (Phrasal Verb):
- To send a message; to inform someone, especially by a formal or deliberate communication. It means to cause information or news to be delivered to a person or place, often through an intermediary or a specific channel.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- When you arrive safely, please send word so we know.
- The general sent word that reinforcements were on their way.
- I will send word to the office if I am going to be late.
Advanced Usage
- "to send word ahead": to send a message in advance of one's arrival or an event.
- We sent word ahead to the hotel about our late check-in.
- "to send word back": to send a reply or return message.
- The scout sent word back to camp about what he had seen.
Variants and Related Words
- Message (n/v): A spoken or written piece of information; to send a message.
- Notify (v): To inform someone officially.
- Apprise (v): To inform or tell someone (formal).
- Advise (v): To inform or notify (formal, as in the reference context: "I advised him that the rent was due").
Synonyms
- Inform
- Notify
- Let someone know
- Get a message to someone
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Get word to: to successfully deliver information to someone.
- We need to get word to the manager immediately.
- Pass on: to tell someone something that another person has told you.
- Could you pass on the message that the meeting is cancelled?
Related Idioms
- Spread the word: to tell many people about something.
- We need to spread the word about the charity event.
- Word gets out: information becomes known to people.
- If word gets out about the merger, the stock price will change.
Verb
- inform (somebody) of something
- I advised him that the rent was due