send

Meaning

Verb

1. (ditransitive, transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
2. (slang, transitive) To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
3. (transitive) To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
4. (intransitive, usually) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
5. (archaic, sometimes, transitive) To cause to be or to happen; to bring; bring about.
6. (archaic, sometimes, transitive) To cause to be or to happen; to bring; bring about.
7. (intransitive) To pitch.
8. (transitive) To climb a route without falling.
9. (slang) To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for.
10. (Nigeria, intransitive, slang) To care.
11. (UK, slang) To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
12. (Singapore, transitive) To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place.

Noun

1. An operation in which data is transmitted.
2. (capitalized, often) 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.
3. (alt-of, alternative) 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. A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.

Synonyms

dispatch

transmit

forward

remit

deliver

despatch

ship

🚢

mail

post

direct

release

refer

throw

transfer

mail a letter

consign

commission

cast

go

order

broadcast

commit

give

command

take

get off

transport

send off

depute

send out

delegate

air

submit

accompany

discharge

see off

beam

scend

send away

put

convey

propel

communicate

place

present with

push

report

address

drive

let go

Translations

envoyer

enviar

enviar

inviare

mandar

senden

schicken

mandare

enviar

spedire

zenden

verzenden

expédier

sturen

trametre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɛnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: senden

Inherited from Old English: sendan

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: seende

Cognate with Dutch: zenden

Cognate with German: senden

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Swedish: sända

Cognate with Icelandic: senda

Cognate with Old English: sand

In summary

From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye- (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian seende (“to send”), Dutch zenden (“to send”), German senden (“to send”), Danish and Norwegian sende (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”), Icelandic senda (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith.

Sentences

To send it now in large amounts is bad .

Why does the ice cream truck keep playing such a sad song “ send in the clowns”?

I'll send you a box .