Use send with the thing sent and, when needed, the receiver or destination: send a message, send her a parcel, or send money to an account.
Use send with the thing sent and, when needed, the receiver or destination: send a message, send her a parcel, or send money to an account.
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| She sended the invoice yesterday. | She sent the invoice yesterday. |
| Please send me when you arrive. | Please send me a message when you arrive. |
| I sent to him the file. | I sent him the file. |
| Can you send the meeting? | Can you send the meeting invitation? |
Use send when someone else causes the journey or assignment: parents send children to school, a manager sends staff abroad, or a court sends someone to prison.
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| I sent my son at school. | I sent my son to school. |
| She sent the doctor because he was ill. | She sent for the doctor because he was ill. |
| Can you send me to the station in your car? | Can you take me to the station in your car? |
| The judge sended him to prison. | The judge sent him to prison. |
Use send for a forceful result, usually with a phrase such as send flying, send into panic, or send prices higher.
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| The noise sent the baby cry. | The noise made the baby cry. |
| The crash sent glass. | The crash sent glass flying. |
| The announcement sent the stock price to fall. | The announcement sent the stock price falling. |
| His joke sent me happy. | His joke made me happy. |
Use send with out, forth, or up when the source releases something outward, as in smoke, shoots, or a cry.
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| The chimney sent smoke all morning. | The chimney sent out smoke all morning. |
| The plant sent flowers in June. | The plant sent up flowers in June. |
| The lamp sent a switch on the wall. | The lamp cast light on the wall. |
| The crowd sent a noise loudly. | The crowd sent up a loud cheer. |
Use send informally for a strong reaction to music, romance, absurdity, or a joke, and keep it away from formal writing unless quoting speech.
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| That video is sending. | That video is sending me. |
| The quarterly report sends me. | The quarterly report impresses me. |
| This song sent to me. | This song sent me. |
| Her joke sent me to laugh. | Her joke made me laugh. |
Use send in climbing talk for a clean successful ascent, often with a grade, route name, or attempt history.
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| She sent to the gym after work. | She went to the gym after work. |
| He sent the mountain in his car. | He drove to the mountain in his car. |
| I sended my project yesterday. | I sent my project yesterday. |
| She sent the route with three falls. | She climbed the route with three falls. |
Use send as a noun mostly in technical, product, or marketing contexts, as in a failed send, a scheduled send, or hitting send.
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| I received your send this morning. | I received your message this morning. |
| The send was inside the box. | The package was inside the box. |
| She clicked the sent. | She clicked send. |
| A send failed because the address was wrong. | The send failed because the address was wrong. |
Use send in audio work for the routing path or level control, especially in terms such as aux send, effects send, or monitor send.
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| Put the compressor on a reverb send. | Put the reverb on a send. |
| Turn up the send return knob. | Turn up the return knob. |
| The singer needs less monitor return send. | The singer needs less monitor send. |
| An insert send always blends wet and dry signals. | An aux send can blend wet and dry signals. |
Use send as a climbing noun for the successful ascent itself, especially after a hard or long-worked project.
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| It was a send, but she fell twice. | It was a good attempt, but she fell twice. |
| He walked to the send on the map. | He walked to the route on the map. |
| The send is graded 5.12 because the wall is tall. | The route is graded 5.12 because the wall is tall. |
| Her sended was smooth. | Her send was smooth. |
Choose the pattern around the result: send a thing to someone, send someone somewhere, send something flying, or in climbing, send a route.
Sended is nonstandard for the past tense, and send often needs a clear object, destination, or result phrase.
From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan, meaning to send or cause to go, with Germanic relatives such as German senden and Dutch zenden. The old core idea is making something go.
What does send mean most often?
Send most often means to make a message, object, signal, or payment go to another person or place.
What is the past tense of send?
The past tense and past participle of send are both sent. Sended is nonstandard.
Can send be used for people?
Yes. Someone can send a person to school, work, prison, a meeting, or an errand.
What does send me mean in slang?
In slang, send me means to thrill, delight, or make someone laugh hard, as in that video is sending me.
What does send mean in climbing?
In climbing, send means to complete a route or boulder problem cleanly, and a send is that successful ascent.
What is an audio send?
An audio send is a mixer or software route that copies signal to another destination, such as reverb, delay, or a monitor mix.
What are common synonyms for send?
Common synonyms include transmit, dispatch, ship, mail, forward, relay, and direct, depending on the sense.