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send

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English

Etymology

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 is from the verb.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sĕnd, IPA(key): /sɛnd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

send (third-person singular simple present sends, present participle sending, simple past sent, past participle sent or (nonstandard) sended)

  1. (transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
  2. (transitive, slang) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
  3. (transitive) To bring to a certain condition.
  4. (intransitive, usually with for) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
  5. (transitive) To cause to be or to happen; to bring, bring about; (archaic) to visit: (Referring to blessing or reward) To bestow; to grant. (Referring to curse or punishment) To inflict. Sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
  6. (nautical, intransitive) To pitch.
  7. (climbing, transitive) To make a successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
  8. (Nigeria, slang, intransitive) To care. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  9. (UK, slang) To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
  10. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (slang, rare) To launch oneself off an edge.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (make something go somewhere): emit, broadcast, mail, post, transmit

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

send (plural sends)

  1. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
  2. (graphical user interface; often capitalized, or capitalized and put in quotation marks) 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. (nautical) 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. (climbing) A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.

Alternative forms

  • (graphical user interface): Send

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Ends, NDEs, dens, ends, neds, sned

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • senë (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsjam tam, from Proto-Indo-European *kiom tom, a sequence of two pronouns in neuter of which the first is related to 'se'. Alternatively from Proto-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 to Latin -ēns (participal ending), Medieval Latin ens (being) (hence Italian ente (entity, body, being)), and Ancient Greek ὤν (ṓn) (present participle).

Noun

send m

  1. thing, object

References

Chinese

Alternative forms

  • (sen1)

Etymology

From English send.

Pronunciation

Verb

send

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to send (in electronic means)

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/, [sɛnˀ]

Verb

send

  1. imperative of sende

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

send

  1. imperative of sende

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

send (neuter sendt, definite singular and plural sende)

  1. past participle of senda and sende

Verb

send

  1. imperative of senda and sende

Old Norse

Participle

send

  1. inflection of senda:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Verb

send

  1. second-person singular active imperative of senda

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