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to send

to send

∞ 1.0
Make someone go to a place, often for work or as punishment
  • verb
  • /sɛnd/
: enviar
  • And so they agreed to send me over to BUDS.
  • send troops
  • send home
  • send abroad

And so they agreed to send me over to BUDS.

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Examples

  • And I should probably send some more forces up north.

  • If there is still no agreement, send them to the next step for mediation.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The Japanese government will never send her back.

    I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

  • Tell Mike to send it up to the lab.

    Blood Hook (1987)

  • If extra teaching load is not given, we should be sent to another school.

    Academic text (2011)

  • But you have to send a check for the auto insurance, see?

    Double Indemnity (1944)

  • Training participants either volunteered to attend training or were sent to it by their supervisors.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Other municipalities that didn't experience damage sent extra crews and equipment to the Nashville area.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The manager decided to send the new employee to the training session in London.

  • She was sent on a business trip to New York to meet with clients.

Synonyms

to place
vsto send
∞ 1.0

To put something in a particular position or job

typically causes a person to travel or be taken there rather than just arranging them
to summon
vsto send
  • Formal
236 5.3

Officially call someone to come, often to court

orders movement outward rather than calling someone to come to a location
to station
vsto send
145 3.6

To send someone to a place to do duty or work

moves or causes a person to go rather than only locating them for duty
to send off
vsto send
105 2.9

To post or email something to another place

causes a person to go for work or by order rather than stressing dispatch method
to post
vsto send
47 4.2

To assign someone to a place or job as part of their work

causes a person to go somewhere rather than making a formal job assignment
to convey
vsto send
15 3.5

To take people or things from one place to another

causes a person to go for duty or by order rather than only transporting them

Antonyms

to recall
  • Formal
44 4.1

Order someone to return to their job or place

Idioms

to send someone to hell
  • Offensive
37 8.9

Angrily tell someone to go away and never come back

to send shivers down someone's spine
  • Informal
4 6.0

Cause someone to feel a sudden strong fear or excitement

to send chills down someone's spine
  • Informal
3 5.9

Make someone 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 Coventry
  • UK
1 9.9

Ignore someone on purpose and not speak to them

to send to the showers
  • Jargon
8.5

Make a player leave the game because they broke the rules

Phrasal Verbs

to send out
564 1.8

Cause something to go to other people or places

to send back
536 1.5

To return something to the person or place it came from

to send a message
  • Informal
187 3.4

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

to send for
162 2.7

Ask someone like a doctor to come because they are needed

to send away
129 3.0

Make someone leave a job or group because of a problem

to send in
124 2.3

To give something to an organization by mail or email

to send off
105 2.9

To post or email something to another place

to send someone packing
  • Informal
24 7.9

Make someone leave quickly and forcefully

to send on
14 3.2

To forward something to its final place

to send around
9 3.2

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

to send away
5 1.9

Make something go to another place by post

to send away for
1 3.4

Ask a company or office to mail something to you

to send down
  • Jargon
1 8.6

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

to send back
  • Formal
1 4.9

To move a case to another court or group for review

to send a ping
  • Jargon
1 4.1

To make a short message to check if someone is online

to send in
  • Archaic
1 8.1

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

to send packing
  • Informal
6.5

To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted

Compounds

send-off
16 3.7

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

send-up
5 8.4

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

How Detained

to imprison
  • Formal
131 4.2
to commit
  • Formal
53 7.0
to remand
  • Jargon
35 8.5
to detain
  • Formal
197 5.9
transfer
435 3.2
to send
∞ 1.0

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'. That is why to send someone to work, school, or prison is to make or order that person to go to a particular place.