SEND (sent)

Pronunciation (US):

• SEND (verb)
  The verb SEND has 8 senses:

1. cause to go somewhere
2. to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
3. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
4. transport commercially
5. assign to a station
6. transfer
7. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
8. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

  Familiarity information: SEND used as a verb is common.

• SEND (verb)

Meaning:

Cause to go somewhere

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

send; direct

Context examples:

The explosion sent the car flying in the air / She sent her children to camp / He directed all his energies into his dissertation

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

blow (cause air to go in, on, or through)

airt; redirect (channel into a new direction)

refer (send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision)

route (send via a specific route)

divert (send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one)

turn (to send or let go)

turn (channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something)

cast; contrive; project; throw (put or send forth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

send away (terminate the employment of)

send away (stop associating with)

Meaning:

To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

send out; send

Context example:

He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport (send from one person or place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

get off; mail (send via the postal service)

mail out (transmit by mail)

send in (mail in; cause to be delivered)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

send back (refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision)

Meaning:

Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

mail; send; post

Context examples:

send me your latest results / I'll mail you the paper when it's written

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

express-mail (send by express mail or courier)

register (send by registered mail)

airmail (send or transport by airmail)

express (send by rapid transport or special messenger service)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They send the parcel to their parents
They send them the parcel

Meaning:

Transport commercially

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

ship; send; transport

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

barge (transport by barge on a body of water)

railroad (transport by railroad)

despatch; dispatch; send off (send away towards a designated goal)

forward; send on (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They send the parcel to their parents
They send them the parcel

Also:

send off (send away towards a designated goal)

send on (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit)

Meaning:

Assign to a station

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

station; base; post; send; place

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

garrison (station (troops) in a fort or garrison)

fort (station (troops) in a fort)

locate; place; site (assign a location to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Meaning:

Transfer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

get off; send off; send

Context example:

The spy sent the classified information off to Russia

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

institutionalise; institutionalize; commit; send; charge

Context examples:

After the second episode, she had to be committed / he was committed to prison

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

hospitalise; hospitalize (admit into a hospital)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Meaning:

Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

broadcast; air; transmit; beam; send

Context example:

We cannot air this X-rated song

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)

Cause:

air (be broadcast)

Domain category:

broadcast medium; broadcasting (a medium that disseminates via telecommunications)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

satellite (broadcast or disseminate via satellite)

sportscast (broadcast a sports event)

telecast; televise (broadcast via television)

interrogate (transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication)

rebroadcast; rerun (broadcast again, as of a film)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP