send

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English senden (to send), from Old English sendan (to send, cause to go), from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną (to cause to go), from *sinþaną (to go, journey), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (to walk, travel). Cognate with Dutch zenden (to send), Norwegian and Danish sende (to send), German senden (to send), Old English sand, sond (a sending, mission, message), Albanian endem (I roam around, wander).

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send (third-person singular simple present sends, present participle sending, simple past and past participle sent) (transitive)

  1. To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
    Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
    To send a message.
    To send a letter.
  2. (slang, dated) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
  3. To bring to a certain condition
    • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
      “I suppose,” blurted Clara suddenly, “she wants a man.”
      The other two were silent for a few moments.
      “But it’s the loneliness sends her cracked,” said Paul.

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Noun [edit]

send (plural sends)

  1. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
    sends and receives
  2. (nautical) Alternative form of scend.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of W. C. Russell to this entry?)
    The send of the sea. — Longfellow.

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Albanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Most likely from Latin ens, (Gen.) entis ‘thing’. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *es- 'to be' (compare Hittite aššaanza (being), Latin praesentis (presently), Old Lithuanian santį (being), Old Prussian sins (being), Old High German sand (truth)).

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send m

  1. thing, object

Danish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /sɛn/, [sɛnˀ]

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send

  1. imperative of sende