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verb sent, sending
- 1. To cause, direct or order to go or be conveyed.
- Thesaurus: transmit, dispatch, ship, mail, convey, forward, expedite, hasten, accelerate, confer, entrust, bestow.
- Example: I sent the letter yesterday
- Example: He sent me flying
- Thesaurus: throw, propel, fling, project, hurl.
- Example: She sent him into fits of laughter
- Example: The din sent me mad
- To cause a message, etc to be transmitted.
- Thesaurus: relay, wire, cable, broadcast, conduct, communicate.
- Example: a plague sent by God
- Originally said of jazz music: to rouse someone into a state of ecstasy; to thrill.
- A person who sends something, especially by post.
- A transmitting device.
- To send an intimation or announcement.
Phrasal Verb: send away for something
- To order goods by post.
- To send them to prison.To expel them from university.
- To ask or order them to come; to summon them.
- To order it to be brought or delivered.
- To submit it by post, especially an entry for a competition.
- In football, rugby, etc: to order a player to leave the field with no further participation in the game, usually after infringement of the rules.
- To dispatch it, especially by post.
- To order (goods) by post.
- To post or send it, so as to arrive in advance of oneself.To readdress and re-post a letter or parcel; to forward it.
- To distribute it by post.To dispatch it.
- To send them to buy or fetch it.
- To make fun of or parody them.To send them to prison.
