send
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Definitions
Verb
cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
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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"
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cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I''ll mail you the paper when it''s written"
Verb
transport commercially
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assign to a station
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transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
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cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
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broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"
Synonyms
air
beam
broadcast
charge
commit
direct
get off
institutionalise
institutionalize
mail
place
post
send off
send out
ship
station
transmit
transport
More General Terms
air
bare
channel
channelise
channelize
displace
move
publicise
publicize
transfer
transmit
transport
More Specific Terms
airmail
airt
barge
blow
cast
contrive
despatch
dispatch
divert
express
express-mail
fort
forward
garrison
get off
hospitalise
hospitalize
interrogate
locate
mail
mail out
place
project
railroad
rebroadcast
redirect
refer
register
rerun
route
satellite
send in
send off
send on
site
sportscast
telecast
televise
throw
turn