send

A2 Topic:Verbs of Movement

US /sɛnd/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like sand /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Freq #512

Meanings

1

verb
To make an object, message, or person go from one place to another.

Please send me your latest results by email.
2

verb
To ask someone to go somewhere to do a task or fetch something.

Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
3

verb
To cause someone or something to reach a particular state.

The loud noise sent the children into a panic.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make an object, message,... post

2 verb · to ask someone to go... call

3 verb · to cause someone or... bring about

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Forms sendingsendssent

Derived forms autosendbesenddownsendforesendforsendforthsendgivesendgoinsendinstasendmissendoffsendonsend

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- (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian seende (“to send”), Dutch zenden (“to send”), German senden (“to send”), Danish and Norwegian sende (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”), Icelandic senda (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith.

*sent- (go) Proto-Indo-European senden Middle English sendan Old English *sandijan Proto-West Germanic *sandijaną Proto-Germanic

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# send

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /sɛnd/
**Frequency rank:** 512

## Meanings
1. To make an object, message, or person go from one place to another.
2. To ask someone to go somewhere to do a task or fetch something.
3. To cause someone or something to reach a particular state.

## Examples
- Please send me your latest results by email.
- Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
- The loud noise sent the children into a panic.

## Derived Forms
- autosend
- besend
- downsend
- foresend
- forsend
- forthsend
- givesendgo
- insend
- instasend
- missend
- offsend
- onsend

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sent- (go)
- Root: senden
- Root: sendan
- Root: *sandijan
- Root: *sandijaną

## 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- (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian seende (“to send”), Dutch zenden (“to send”), German senden (“to send”), Danish and Norwegian sende (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”), Icelandic senda (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith.

## AI Etymology
Send is 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- (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian seende (“to send”), Dutch zenden (“to send”), German senden (“to send”), Danish and Norwegian sende (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”), Icelandic senda (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith. Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *sent- (go), Middle English senden, Old English sendan, Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, Proto-Germanic *sandijaną. In current use it includes senses such as To make an object, message, or person go from one place to another and To ask someone to go somewhere to do a task or fetch something.

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- Verbs of Movement

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