send
verb /send/
/send/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they send | /send/ /send/ |
| he / she / it sends | /sendz/ /sendz/ |
| past simple sent | /sent/ /sent/ |
| past participle sent | /sent/ /sent/ |
| -ing form sending | /ˈsendɪŋ/ /ˈsendɪŋ/ |
- to make something go or be taken to a place, especially by post, email, radio, etc.
- send something She sent a letter of support.
- Let me just send this email.
- (British English) to send something by post
- (North American English) to send something by mail
- I sent the package by airmail.
- Users were unable to send or receive emails for two days.
- send something to somebody/something Have you sent a Christmas card to your mother yet?
- A radio signal was sent to the spacecraft.
- send somebody something Have you sent your mother a Christmas card yet?
- I'll send you a text message.
- Can you send me a link to the website?
- He sent me a copy of his new book.
- send something back The laptop was faulty so I sent it back to the manufacturers.
Homophones cent | scent | sentcent scent sentTopics Phones, email and the interneta1/sent//sent/- cent noun
- Not one cent of their profits goes to charity.
- scent noun
- The delicious scent of freshly baked bread floated to his window.
- sent noun (past tense, past participle of send)
- I sent her a thank you letter.
- to tell somebody something by sending them a message
- send something My parents send their love.
- send something to somebody Henry sent his regards to you.
- (figurative) What sort of message is that sending to young people?
- send somebody something He sent me word to come.
- send something (that)… She sent word (that) she could not come.
- send to do something (formal) She sent to say that she was coming home.
- to tell somebody to go somewhere or to do something; to arrange for somebody to go somewhere
- send somebody Ed couldn't make it so they sent me instead.
- send somebody + adv./prep. She sent the kids to bed early.
- The judge sent her to prison for two years.
- He was sent away to boarding school at the age of eight.
- The government has agreed to send 3 000 troops to the region.
- We are being sent on a training course next month.
- Children were sent home from school because it was just too hot.
- send somebody to do something I've sent Tom to buy some milk.
- to make something/somebody move quickly or suddenly
- send something/somebody doing something Every step he took sent the pain shooting up his leg.
- The punch sent him flying.
- send something/somebody + adv./prep. The report sent share prices down a further 8p.
- to make somebody behave or react in a particular way
- send somebody to something Her music always sends me to sleep.
- send somebody into something Her account of the visit sent us into fits of laughter.
- send somebody + adj. All the publicity nearly sent him crazy.
More Like This Verbs with two objectsVerbs with two objects- bet
- bring
- build
- buy
- cost
- get
- give
- leave
- lend
- make
- offer
- owe
- pass
- pay
- play
- post
- promise
- read
- refuse
- sell
- send
- show
- sing
- take
- teach
- tell
- throw
- wish
- write
by mail/radio
message
somebody somewhere
make something move quickly
make somebody react
Word OriginOld English sendan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zenden and German senden.
Idioms
send somebody packing
- (informal) to tell somebody clearly or rudely to go away
- She tried to interfere but I sent her packing.
these things are sent to try us
- (saying) used to say that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it