to send around
5
3.2
- phrasal verb
- /sɛnd əˈraʊnd/
:
enviar
- We also made a light version of this deck to send around to several folks in the field and help drum up any potential interest without being too forward or pushy.
- send around a memo
So I'll, I'll, I'll show you, I'll send this around.
- So I'll, I'll, I'll show you, I'll send this around.
- In other words, ten years ago, friends would send around a video and you'd see that clip for a week or two.
- So the the tree would have been sent around the country.
- Yeah, 'cause even people who are very serious, you know, enjoy sending around a funny picture or something that amuses them.
- And this universal group seems to be what, what is needed to send it around.
- So when I ordered these things from Gurney's, they sent them to me and they said that they'd be sending them around late April.
Examples
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He (the PhD student) is going to send around a questionnaire asking about guidelines and things to do with each journal, and I would be really grateful if everybody could fill the questionnaire in and return it.
Academic text (2016) -
I'll send around the updated schedule to all team members after our meeting.
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And so let me look at that and we'll we'll send an e-mail around about that.
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I'll send it around tomorrow afternoon.
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Before I sent it around, I wanted to make sure I got my facts straight.
Blog text (32) -
I'm glad you sent around that memo.
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And then in addition, I'm going to send around some handouts, one for each person.
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Why don't you send around a copy of your prospectus to my business manager, so we can begin to draw up some commitment papers.
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Thousands of artists from around the world participate by making and sending in sketchbooks, which are collated together and then sent around the United States on tour.
Blog text (27) -
Please send around the invitation to everyone on the guest list as soon as possible.
Synonyms
376
1.8
Cause something to go to other people or places
165
1.8
To give something to people in a group
143
2.3
To hand things to several people
103
3.9
To spread information or documents among people
102
3.5
To receive and then pass on a message or signal
87
2.0
Give things to several people or places
76
2.5
Give news, a message, or something you received to another person
68
2.7
To give things to people in a group, like papers or drinks
34
4.0
To give small amounts of something to several people over time
32
2.1
Hand something to each person in a group
6
3.0
To send things by mail to many people
3
3.2
To give things to several people, often one by one, like cards
To send the same information to many people to inform or ask their opinion
To send the same data from one computer to many computers at once
Antonyms
How Wide
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to distribute or forward to a group' is directly predictable from 'send' (to cause delivery) combined with 'around' (to various people/places), since 'around' commonly indicates circulation or distribution. This compositional pattern is common in English phrasal verbs and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The verb send around comes from the simple picture of passing a paper so someone would send it around the table or room for others to read. That's why it now means 'to give copies of something or forward it to a group of people'.