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to send out

to send out

376 1.8
Cause something to go to other people or places
  • phrasal verb
  • /sɛnd aʊt/
translation icon : enviar
  • Every month, we send out our newsletter to all subscribed customers.
  • send out an email
  • send out invitations
  • send out questionnaires

And it looks like, yeah, it's sending out more data more often.

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Examples

  • Let's say Social Security didn't send out their checks this month.

  • After the first email request for participation was sent out, only 70 unit heads responded.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And every week, I would send out a new press release.

  • Have you signed up to my Friday e-mail that I send out every single week?

  • Alright, Anyway, so note to self, did you send out the e-mail?

  • We were gonna send out a search party.

  • There are services where you can send out samples to companies.

  • So what will happen is we'll send out a call for interns.

  • So here's what they sent out in the e-mail.

  • I sent out an email blast to my ride or dies, the Founding Ballers, and I invited them to the show.

Synonyms

to send
vsto send out
1.0

Make a letter, package, or email go to another person

is used more for formal or bulk movement to other places
to put out
vsto send out
255 3.6

Publish something like a book or magazine for people to buy

is focused on causing delivery rather than creating or publishing for market
to hand out
vsto send out
165 1.8

To give something to people in a group

is about causing items to be delivered elsewhere rather than face to face
to forward
vsto send out
128 2.5

To send mail, messages, or packages on to a new address

covers initial sending as well as onward routing in general
to post
vsto send out
  • UK
127 1.0

To send a letter or package to someone by mail

is broader, applying to formal large-scale or quantity movement as well
to dispatch
vsto send out
107 4.1

To send people or things quickly to a place for a purpose

is less about speed and more about formal or bulk movement
to transmit
vsto send out
73 3.7

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

is similar in causing transmission but applies across physical deliveries too
to ship out
vsto send out
20 3.5

To send goods to customers by mail or truck

is broader, including formal non‑commercial and non‑freight transfers
to convey
vsto send out
18 3.5

To take people or things from one place to another

is more about causing formal or quantity distribution rather than general transport
to send on
vsto send out
13 3.2

To forward something to its final place

is broader, covering initial sending as well as onward transfer
to express
vsto send out
9 3.3

To send something by a fast delivery service

is more neutral and often used for formal, large, or routine movement
to send off
vsto send out
9 2.9

To post or email something to another place

focuses more on formal or quantity-based movement rather than method
to push out
vsto send out
  • Jargon
8 3.5

To send updates or new content to users over the internet

is broader, not restricted to electronic releases or market audiences
to mail out
vsto send out
6 3.0

To send things by mail to many people

is similar but not limited to postal methods or mass distribution
to send away
vsto send out
6 1.9

Make something go to another place by post

is the general act of causing items to be delivered or moved
to send around
vsto send out
5 3.2

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

is broader, covering single or mass formal movements beyond circulation
to consign
vsto send out
  • Specialized
1 6.8

Send goods to a person or shop, often for sale

is wider, not limited to commercial or sale-related deliveries

Antonyms

1.0

To continue doing something or stay in the same state

226 3.7

To go and get something and bring it back, for example a dog bringing a ball

How Wide

broadcast
  • Literature
484 2.9
to distribute
87 2.0
to circulate
103 3.9
to send out
376 1.8
to send
1.0

Surface Forms

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

Morphology

send + out

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'send' (cause to be delivered) with 'out' (away/outside), yielding the sense of dispatching or transmitting to others. This verb + particle composition is a common, compositional pattern in English (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should understand it.

Etymology

The phrasal verb send out comes from a simple image: the verb send plus the direction out, meaning something moves from here to the outside. Imagine a post office putting letters on a cart and 'sending them out' to many homes, and that's why the phrase means 'to deliver' or 'to dispatch' something to other people or places.