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See also:Sen,Sënd,andSEND

English

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Etymology

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    FromMiddle Englishsenden, fromOld Englishsendan(“to send, cause to go”), fromProto-West Germanic*sandijan, fromProto-Germanic*sandijaną, fromProto-Indo-European*sont-eye-(“to cause to go”), causative of*sent-(“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb.

    Cognates

    Cognate withSaterland Frisianseende(“to send”),Dutchzenden(“to send”),Germansenden(“to send”),Danish andNorwegiansende(“to send”),Swedishsända(“to send”),Icelandicsenda(“to send”). Related also toOld Englishsand,sond(“a sending, mission, message”). See alsosith.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    send (third-person singular simple presentsends,present participlesending,simple pastsent,past participlesentor(nonstandard)sended)

    1. (transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as anobject ormessage) go from one place to another (or to someone).
      Hyponyms:emit,broadcast,mail,post,transmit
      Every day at two o'clock, hesends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
      Shesends me a letter every month.
      Some hooligansent a brick flying through the window, and the bangsent us running out of the building.
      • 2013 June 14,Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 1, page18:
        Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we oncesent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
    2. (transitive, slang) Toget one going;move toexcitement orrapture; todelight orthrill.
      Synonyms:excite;see alsoThesaurus:thrill
      I don't know what it is, but this music reallysends me.
    3. (transitive) Tobring to a certaincondition, to drive.
    4. (intransitive, usually withfor) Todispatch anagent ormessenger toconvey a message or do anerrand.
      Synonym:call
      Seeing how ill she was, wesent for a doctor at once.
    5. (transitive, sometimes followed by adependentproposition) Tocause to be or tohappen; tobring;bring about.
      Synonyms:bring about,bring to pass,set up
      1. (archaic, of a blessing or reward) Tobestow; togrant.
      2. (archaic, of a curse or punishment) Toinflict; tovisit.
    6. (nautical, intransitive) Topitch.
    7. (climbing, transitive) To climb a route without falling.
      She finallysent the 12a after hours of failed attempts.
    8. (slang) To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly;go for.
      • 2024 January 29, @JeffSullivan__,Twitter‎[1]:
        There is often brilliance in just saying screw it. Acting on intuition. Following the gut. Just doing it.Sending it and seeing what happens.
      • 2025 January 4,Trevor Rainbolt, 2:10 from the start, inyou gotta be kidding‎[2]:
        Why is my first instinct Spain here? Like if I was playing two seconds I would've just instant-sent Spain on this. But I think it―there's a part of me that thought it could've been Italy. But, I don't really know.
    9. (Nigeria, slang, intransitive) Tocare.(Can we add anexample for this sense? )
    10. (UK, slang) Tocall out ordiss a specific person in adiss track.
      • 2017 November 7, “Courtney Jade Reply (Freestyle)”‎[3]performed by Soph Aspin:
        But if you want beef, it's war. I'll rip you to shreds andsend once more[…]And you think you cansend for Aspin? Sort it, stop gassing.
    11. (Singapore, transitive) Togive (someone) a lift, todrive (someone) to another place.
      • 2001 October 15, MPH Rubin (Judge), quoting Khwan-On Nathaphon, “Public Prosecutor v Khwan-On Nathaphon”, inelitigation.sg‎[4] (Judgment Text, CC 4/2001, Exhibit P-131 - statement recorded on 15 June 2000),High Court of Singapore, retrieved12 December 2024:
        […] After closing the door, I shifted to the extreme right and sat directly behind the taxi driver. I told the driver tosend me to Pasir Ris by saying "Pasir Ris Dr 12", bus stop"[…]

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation ofsend
    infinitive(to)send
    present tensepast tense
    1st-personsingularsendsent
    2nd-personsingularsend,sendest†sent,sentest†
    3rd-personsingularsends,sendeth†sent
    pluralsend
    subjunctivesendsent
    imperativesend—
    participlessendingsent

    Derived terms

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    Translations

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    make something go somewhere
    bring to a certain condition
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    Noun

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    send (pluralsends)

    1. (telecommunications) Anoperation in whichdata istransmitted.
      • 1992, Tara M. Madhyastha,A Portable System for Data Sonification, page71:
        In the sonification of the PDE code, notes are scattered throughout a wide pitch range, andsends and receives are relatively balanced; although in the beginning of the application there are bursts ofsends[…]
    2. (graphical user interface; oftencapitalized, or capitalized and put inquotation marks) Anicon (usually on a computer screen andlabeled with the word "Send") on which oneclicks (with amouse or itsequivalent) ortaps to transmit anemail or other electronicmessage.
      Good thing I didn't hitsend on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.
    3. (nautical)Alternative form ofscend.
    4. (Scotland) Amessenger, especially one sent to fetch thebride.
    5. (UK, slang) Acallout ordiss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of adiss track.
      • 2017 November 7, “Courtney Jade Reply (Freestyle)”‎[5]performed by Soph Aspin:
        Why you're another bird that's fat again. No competition that's, that's thesend.
    6. (climbing) A successfulascent of asport climbing route.

    Alternative forms

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    • (graphical user interface):Send

    Derived terms

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    Anagrams

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    Albanian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    FromProto-Albanian*tsjam tam, fromProto-Indo-European*kiom tom, a sequence of two pronouns in neuter of which the first is related to 'se'.[2] Alternatively fromProto-Albanian*tśe enta, literally 'this being', the first element from*kwe-(“how, what”), or*k̂(e)(“this”), while the second one being a gerundive or a participle of a disused verb, close toLatin-ēns (participal ending),Medieval Latinens(“being”) (henceItalianente(“entity, body, being”)), andAncient Greekὤν(ṓn) (present participle).

    Noun

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    send m

    1. thing,object

    Declension

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    Declension ofsend
    singularplural
    indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
    nominativesendsendisendesendet
    accusativesendin
    dativesendisenditsendevesendeve
    ablativesendesh

    References

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    1. ^Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 139 : senn, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895,Sckoder
    2. ^Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “send”, inAlbanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill,→ISBN, page394

    Further reading

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    • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[6],1980
    • “send”, inFGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian),2006
    • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “send”, inOxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[7]

    Chinese

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    Alternative forms

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    • 腥(sen1),(text messaging)sd

    Etymology

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    FromEnglishsend.

    Pronunciation

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    send

    1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) tosend(in electronic means)

    Danish

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    Pronunciation

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    send

    1. imperative ofsende

    Middle English

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    Etymology 1

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    Noun

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    send

    1. (Early Scots)alternative form ofsonde

    Etymology 2

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    Verb

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    send

    1. (Northern or Late Middle English)alternative form ofsenden

    Nigerian Pidgin

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    Etymology

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    (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.).

    Verb

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    send

    1. tocare(to be concerned about)
      • (Can wedate this quote?), Anthonia Ujene, “Goat, dog, and Malu”, inStorybooks African Languages‎[8]:
        Cow nosend if moto dey come or not.
        Cow does notcare if a car is coming or not.

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Verb

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    send

    1. imperative ofsende

    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Participle

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    send (neutersendt,definite singular and pluralsende)

    1. pastparticiple ofsendaandsende

    Verb

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    send

    1. imperative ofsendaandsende

    Old English

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    send

    1. singularimperative ofsendan

    Old Norse

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    Participle

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    send

    1. inflection ofsenda:
      1. strongfemininenominativesingular
      2. strongneuternominative/accusativeplural

    Verb

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    send

    1. second-personsingularactiveimperative ofsenda
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