sending

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛndɪŋ/

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Verb

sending

1. present participle of send
   • 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:

     One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools […] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school.

Noun

sending (plural sendings)

1. The act by which somebody or something is sent.
   • 2008, Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent:

     Both Matthew and Luke have three sendings of servants, but the narratives are framed differently. Matthew has two sendings of servants (plural) to the original guests, two excuses offered for the refusal, and one sending of servants to the substitute guests.

Anagrams

• endings

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zending, from Middle Dutch sendinge. Equivalent to send +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.dəŋ/

Noun

sending (plural sendings)

1. (Protestantism) mission (proselytisation)
2. mission, task, objective
3. something sent

Derived terms

• sendingskool
• sendingstasie
• sendingwerk

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Faroese

Etymology

From senda (“to send”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, plural sendingar)

1. (post, transport) delivery, mail
2. (media) program (news, shows etc., broadcast on radio or television)
3. (communication) transmission (data etc.)
4. (sports) pass, shot

Declension

f6	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sending	sendingin	sendingar	sendingarnar
Accusative	sending	sendingina	sendingar	sendingarnar
Dative	sending	sendingini	sendingum	sendingunum
Genitive	sendingar	sendingarinnar	sendinga	sendinganna

Antonyms

• móttøka

Derived terms

• brævasending
• virðissending
• hópsending
• pakkasending
• skundsending
• sjónvarpssending
• útvarpssending
• tíðindasending
• dátusending

Related terms

• flutningur
• brævaflutningur
• pakkaflutningur
• postflutningur
• sjónvarpsskrá
• útvarpsskrá
• sendiferð
• fjarskifti
• samskifti

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Icelandic

Etymology

From senda (“to send”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntiŋk/

Noun

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, nominative plural sendingar)

1. sending, dispatching
2. shipment, consignment
3. (sports) pass

Derived terms

• orðsending
• stoðsending
• útsending
• vörusending