English
send
see also: Send, SEND
Etymology

From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan, from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European , causative of *sent-.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian seende, Dutch zenden, German senden, Danish - and Norwegian - sende, Swedish sända, Icelandic senda. Related also to Old English sand, sond. See also sith.

Pronunciation Verb

send (sends, present participle sending; simple past and past participle sent)

  1. (transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
    Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
    She sends me a letter every month.
    Some hooligan sent a brick flying through our front window.
  2. (transitive, reflexive, slang) To excite, delight, or thrill (oneself).
    this definition is sending me rn
  3. (transitive) To bring to a certain condition.
  4. (intransitive, usually with for) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
    Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
  5. (transitive) To cause to be or to happen; to bring, bring about; (archaic) to visit: (Referring to blessing or reward) To bestow; to grant. (Referring to curse or punishment) To inflict. Sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
  6. (nautical, intransitive) To pitch.
  7. (climbing, transitive) To make a successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
    She finally sent the 12a after hours of failed attempts.
  8. (Nigeria, slang, intransitive) To care.
  9. (UK, slang) To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
  10. (slang, rare) To launch oneself off an edge.
Conjugation
Conjugation of send

infinitive (to) send
present tense past tense
1st-person singular send sent
2nd-person singular

 send, sendest†

 sent, sentest†
3rd-person singular

 sends, sendeth†

 sent
plural

 send

subjunctive

 send

sent
imperative

 send

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participles

 sending

 sent

†Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms Translations Translations Noun

send (plural sends)

  1. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
  2. (graphical user interface, ;, often capitalized, or capitalized and put in quotation marks) An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
    Good thing I didn't hit send on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.
  3. (nautical) Alternative form of scend
  4. (Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
  5. (UK, slang) A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
  6. (climbing) A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
Send
Proper noun
  1. A village/and/cpar in Guildford (OS grid ref TQ0255).
  2. (graphical user interface, often put into quotation marks) Alternative form of send#Noun email icon
SEND
Noun

send (uncountable)

  1. (UK, education) Acronym of special educational needs and disability


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