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send.

To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/sɛnd/
  1. To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

    ditransitive · transitive
    Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
    She sends me a letter every month.
  2. To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.

    slang · transitive
    I don't know what it is, but this music really sends me.
  3. To amuse greatly or otherwise stun by absurdity.

    Internet · transitive
  4. To bring to a certain condition, to drive.

    transitive
  5. To dispatch an agent or messenger to find and return with a specified person or thing.

    intransitive · usually
    Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
  6. To cause to be or to happen; to bring; bring about. To bestow; to grant.

    archaic · sometimes · transitive
  7. To cause to be or to happen; to bring; bring about. To inflict; to visit.

    archaic · sometimes · transitive
  8. To pitch.

    intransitive
  9. To climb a route without falling.

    transitive
    She finally sent the 12a after hours of failed attempts.
  10. To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for.

    slang
  11. To care.

    Nigeria · intransitive · slang
  12. To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.

    UK · slang
  13. To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place.

    Singapore · transitive
Where this word comes from

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-ti (“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 Bokmål sende (“to send”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk senda (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith.

noun/sɛnd/
  1. An operation in which data is transmitted.

  2. 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.

    capitalized · often
    Good thing I didn't hit send on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.
  3. Alternative form of scend.

    alt-of · alternative
  4. A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.

    Scotland
  5. A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.

    UK · slang
  6. A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.

Where this word comes from

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-ti (“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 Bokmål sende (“to send”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk senda (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith.

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