Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cause something to go or be taken to a place or person: The primary meaning involves causing an object, message, or person to move from one location to another.
   • To cause something to happen or be in a particular state: To cause a person or thing to move, go, or react in a specified way.
   • To transmit a signal or broadcast: To cause electronic signals, radio waves, or television programs to be transmitted.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • Please send the package to my office. (Cause an object to go to a place.)
  • The news sent shockwaves through the community. (Caused a reaction or state.)
  • The station will send the broadcast at 8 PM. (Transmit a signal.)

Advanced Usage

• "to send word": to communicate a message.
  • He sent word that he would be late.
• "to send for": to request that someone or something come.
  • We had to send for a doctor.
• "to send off": to dispatch something or someone; to say goodbye to someone who is leaving.
  • I need to send off this letter.
  • A crowd gathered to send off the team.

Variants and Related Words

• Sender (n): A person or thing that sends something.
  • The sender's address was on the envelope.
• Sending (n): The action of causing something to go or be taken somewhere.
  • The sending of the email was delayed.

Synonyms

• Dispatch: To send off to a destination or for a purpose (often with speed or formality).
• Transmit: To pass or convey something from one person or place to another, especially signals or information.
• Forward: To send a letter or package on to a further destination.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Send away: To dismiss or order someone to leave; to order goods by mail.
  • He sent the salesman away.
  • I sent away for a catalog.
• Send back: To return something to its place of origin.
  • The restaurant sent back the undercooked steak.
• Send out: To distribute or dispatch things from a central point; to emit.
  • The company sends out newsletters monthly.
  • The flowers send out a lovely scent.

Related Idioms

• Send someone packing: To dismiss someone abruptly or forcefully.
  • After the argument, the boss sent him packing.
• Send shivers down someone's spine: To cause a sudden feeling of fear or excitement.
  • The ghost story sent shivers down my spine.
• Send to Coventry: To refuse to associate with or speak to someone as a form of punishment.
  • After he betrayed the team, they sent him to Coventry.

Verb

1. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
   • We cannot air this X-rated song
2. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
   • After the second episode, she had to be committed
   • he was committed to prison
3. transfer
   • The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
4. assign to a station
5. transport commercially
6. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
   • send me your latest results
   • I'll mail you the paper when it's written
7. 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
8. cause to go somewhere
   • The explosion sent the car flying in the air
   • She sent her children to camp
   • He directed all his energies into his dissertation