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English verb: send | |||
| 1. | send (motion) cause to go somewhere | ||
| Samples | The explosion sent the car flying in the air. She sent her children to camp. He directed all his energies into his dissertation. | ||
| Synonyms | direct | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | airt, blow, cast, contrive, divert, project, redirect, refer, route, throw, turn, turn | ||
| 2. | send (contact) to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place | ||
| Samples | He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept. | ||
| Synonyms | send out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | get off, mail, mail out, send in | ||
| 3. | send (communication) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place | ||
| Samples | Send me your latest results. I'll mail you the paper when it's written. | ||
| Examples | They send the parcel to their parents, They send them the parcel | ||
| Synonyms | mail, post | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | airmail, express, express-mail, register | ||
| 4. | send (motion) transport commercially | ||
| Examples | They send the parcel to their parents, They send them the parcel | ||
| Synonyms | ship, transport | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barge, despatch, dispatch, forward, railroad, send off, send on | ||
| 5. | send (competition) assign to a station | ||
| Synonyms | place, post, station | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fort, garrison, locate, place, site | ||
| 6. | send (communication) transfer | ||
| Samples | The spy sent the classified information off to Russia. | ||
| Synonyms | get off, send off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
| 7. | send (possession) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | ||
| Samples | After the second episode, she had to be committed. He was committed to prison. | ||
| Synonyms | charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hospitalise, hospitalize | ||
| 8. | send (communication) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | ||
| Samples | We cannot air this X-rated song. | ||
| Synonyms | air, beam, broadcast, transmit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | air, bare, publicise, publicize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | interrogate, rebroadcast, rerun, satellite, sportscast, telecast, televise | ||
| Cause | air | ||
| Domain category | broadcast medium, broadcasting | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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