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to send

to send

602 3.2
Show a program to many people on radio or television
  • verb
  • /sɛnd/
translation icon : emitir
  • Dr. Rubin sent me here.
  • send a signal

Examples

  • The television station will send a live broadcast of the concert tonight.

  • Can information be projected on a large screen or sent to a printer?

    Academic text (2011)

  • Just by pressing a button, it will send a signal

    The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)

  • We wanted to be sure CNN was sending a crew to the Clean Air hearing today.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • I'm going to upload and to send you the podcast.

  • They're very nice people who send me very nice messages.

  • Send in Lieutenant Bruner.

    Hitler's Children (1943)

  • She plans to send a message about the event to all the viewers.

  • We will send a news update to our audience every hour.

Synonyms

to send out
vsto send
376 1.8

Cause something to go to other people or places

is limited to making programmes available via television or radio rather than general dispatch
to beam
vsto send
346 3.7

To send a television or radio show to many people

is the same action but applies more broadly to programmes and content
to air
vsto send
  • Literature
203 3.0

To broadcast a program on radio or TV

is the same action but expressed with a different common verb choice
to broadcast
vsto send
  • Literature
178 2.1

To send a radio or television program to the public

is the same idea but uses a different common verb in speech
to transmit
vsto send
73 3.7

To send out a radio or TV program so people can receive it

is the same action but used in general speech rather than technical contexts
to radio
vsto send
32 2.8

To send a message by wireless signals from a device

is aimed at making programmes available to the public rather than private device messages
to broadcast live on air
vsto send
  • Literature
3.0

Send a program as it happens on radio or TV

is used for the same transmission but not limited to real time content

Antonyms

to receive
∞ 1.0

To get something that someone gives you

Idioms

to send someone to hell
  • Offensive
26 8.9

Angrily tell someone to go away and never come back

to send chills down someone's spine
  • Informal
1 5.9

Make someone feel a sudden strong fear or excitement

to send shivers down someone's spine
  • Informal
1 6.0

Cause someone to feel a sudden strong fear or excitement

to send to the Tower
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To punish someone seriously, often by sending them to prison

to send to the showers
  • Jargon
1 8.5

Make a player leave the game because they broke the rules

to send to Coventry
  • UK
9.9

Ignore someone on purpose and not speak to them

Phrasal Verbs

to send out
376 1.8

Cause something to go to other people or places

to send in
241 2.3

To give something to an organization by mail or email

to send for
130 2.7

Ask someone like a doctor to come because they are needed

to send back
123 1.5

To return something to the person or place it came from

to send a message
  • Informal
81 3.4

To make people understand an idea or feeling without saying it directly

to send away
43 3.0

Make someone leave a job or group because of a problem

to send on
13 3.2

To forward something to its final place

to send off
9 2.9

To post or email something to another place

to send packing
  • Informal
8 6.5

To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted

to send down
  • Jargon
7 8.6

Make a student leave college or university for a short time as punishment

to send away
6 1.9

Make something go to another place by post

to send around
5 3.2

Give a copy of something to each person in a group, for example by email

to send away for
5 3.4

Ask a company or office to mail something to you

to send in
  • Archaic
5 8.1

To have a servant give your name or card to the host to let them know you are here

to send someone packing
  • Informal
4 7.9

Make someone leave quickly and forcefully

to send back
  • Formal
3 4.9

To move a case to another court or group for review

to send a ping
  • Jargon
4.1

To make a short message to check if someone is online

Compounds

send-off
15 3.7

An event to wish someone well before they leave or start something

send-up
4 8.4

A funny copy of a person or movie that makes fun of their style

Surface Forms

send infinitive
sending present participle
sends third person singular
sent past
sent past participle

Etymology

Send comes from an old German word meaning 'to cause to go', and the same idea works for radio and TV: to send a program is to make it 'go out' to many people. So when a station sends a show, it is sending a message or signal out to listeners or viewers.