send
To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
Verb 4 meanings
To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
“Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.”
To amuse greatly or otherwise stun by absurdity.
To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
To dispatch an agent or messenger to find and return with a specified person or thing.
“Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.”
Noun 4 meanings
An operation in which data is transmitted.
An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
“Good thing I didn't hit send on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.”
A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
Etymology
From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye-ti (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb.
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SEND at a glance
SEND has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + N 1 + D 2) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #781 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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