English Online Dictionary. What means send? What does send mean?
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)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
- (transitive, slang) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
- (transitive) To bring to a certain condition.
- (intransitive, usually with for) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
- (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.
- (nautical, intransitive) To pitch.
- (climbing, transitive) To make a successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
- (Nigeria, slang, intransitive) To care. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (UK, slang) To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
- (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)
- (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
- (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.
- (nautical) Alternative form of scend
- (Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
- (UK, slang) A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
- (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
- thing, object
References
Chinese
Alternative forms
- 腥 (sen1)
Etymology
From English send.
Pronunciation
Verb
send
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to send (in electronic means)
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛn/, [sɛnˀ]
Verb
send
- imperative of sende
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
send
- imperative of sende
Norwegian Nynorsk
Participle
send (neuter sendt, definite singular and plural sende)
- past participle of senda and sende
Verb
send
- imperative of senda and sende
Old Norse
Participle
send
- inflection of senda:
- strong feminine nominative singular
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
Verb
send
- second-person singular active imperative of senda