Send meaning

What does “send” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“send” is a verb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: cause to go somewhere.

send

cause to go somewhere
“The explosion sent the car flying in the air”
“She sent her children to camp”
Synonymsdirect
to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
“He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept”
Synonymssend out
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
“send me your latest results”
“I'll mail you the paper when it's written”
Synonymsmail post
transport commercially
Synonymstransport ship
assign to a station
Synonymsstation post place
transfer
“The spy sent the classified information off to Russia”
Synonymsget off send off
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
“After the second episode, she had to be committed”
“he was committed to prison”
Synonymscommit institutionalize institutionalise charge
broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
“We cannot air this X-rated song”
Synonymsair broadcast beam transmit

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University