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" If I have to pick one story that most influenced 'The Hunger Games,' it would be the Greek myth of Theseus, which I read when I was about 8 years old. In punishment for past deeds, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to a labyrinth. In the maze was this Minotaur, and it would eat them."
Suzanne Collins

Meaning of "send" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEND

Old English sendan; related to Old Norse senda, Gothic sandjan, Old High German senten.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SEND

sɛnd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Send is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb send in English.

WHAT DOES SEND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of send in the English dictionary

The first definition of send in the dictionary is to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place. Other definition of send is when intr, foll by for; to dispatch a request or command. Send is also to direct or cause to go to a place or point.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SEND

PRESENT

Present
I send
you send
he/she/it sends
we send
you send
they send
Present continuous
I am sending
you are sending
he/she/it is sending
we are sending
you are sending
they are sending
Present perfect
I have sent
you have sent
he/she/it has sent
we have sent
you have sent
they have sent
Present perfect continuous
I have been sending
you have been sending
he/she/it has been sending
we have been sending
you have been sending
they have been sending
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I sent
you sent
he/she/it sent
we sent
you sent
they sent
Past continuous
I was sending
you were sending
he/she/it was sending
we were sending
you were sending
they were sending
Past perfect
I had sent
you had sent
he/she/it had sent
we had sent
you had sent
they had sent
Past perfect continuous
I had been sending
you had been sending
he/she/it had been sending
we had been sending
you had been sending
they had been sending
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will send
you will send
he/she/it will send
we will send
you will send
they will send
Future continuous
I will be sending
you will be sending
he/she/it will be sending
we will be sending
you will be sending
they will be sending
Future perfect
I will have sent
you will have sent
he/she/it will have sent
we will have sent
you will have sent
they will have sent
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sending
you will have been sending
he/she/it will have been sending
we will have been sending
you will have been sending
they will have been sending
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would send
you would send
he/she/it would send
we would send
you would send
they would send
Conditional continuous
I would be sending
you would be sending
he/she/it would be sending
we would be sending
you would be sending
they would be sending
Conditional perfect
I would have send
you would have send
he/she/it would have send
we would have send
you would have send
they would have send
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sending
you would have been sending
he/she/it would have been sending
we would have been sending
you would have been sending
they would have been sending
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you send
we let´s send
you send
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to send
Past participle
sent
Present Participle
sending
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEND

ascend · attend · bend · blend · boyfriend · defend · depend · end · extend · friend · girlfriend · intend · lend · pretend · recommend · spend · tend · trend · vend · weekend

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEND

senatorial · senatorially · senatorian · senatorship · senatus consulta · senatus consultum · send down · send packing · send someone about his business · send someone packing · send to Coventry · send up · send-up · sendable · Sendai · Sendak · sendal · sender · sending-off · sendoff

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEND

amend · at an end · at the sharp end · best friend · come to an end · comprehend · descend · dividend · front-end · high-end · in the end · legend · resend · suspend · the end · to the bitter end · transcend · unfriend · world without end · year end

Synonyms and antonyms of send in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SEND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «send» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «send» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SEND

Find out the translation of send to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of send from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «send» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

发送
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

enviar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

send
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

भेजें
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُرْسِلُ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

посылать
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

enviar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পাঠান
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

envoyer
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Hantar
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

senden
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

送る
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

보내다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ngirim
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gửi đi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அனுப்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पाठवा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

göndermek
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

inviare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wysłać
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

відправляти
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

a trimite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στέλνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skicka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of send

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEND»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of send
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «send».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about send

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «SEND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word send.
1
Colin Angle
In the beginning of Roomba, we all took turns answering the support line. Once, a woman called and explained that her robot had a defective motor. I said, 'Send it back. We'll send you a new one.' She said, 'No - I'm not sending you Rosie.'
2
Aristophanes
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
3
Bill Bennett
Punishment can do a lot for criminals, and send a message to the rest of society.
4
Jeb Bush
Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission.
5
Jose Canseco
Owners, the way they blackballed me from baseball, the way they used me, in a sense, and then the way they wanted to send a signal to the other players, saying, you know, we're going to get Jose Canseco out of the game. This is a cue or a message for you other guys to stop using steroids because the owners lost total control of the steroid use.
6
Edward Carpenter
Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped - to reach it.
7
James Chanos
The Macau casinos have a wonderful business, it's taking in money from Chinese businessmen elsewhere who send it through junky companies to casinos to gamble. The growth continues and they have basically western managers and western accounting, so we trust the numbers a little bit more.
8
Noel Clarke
I can't always be making 'British films.' Why should we be making films about corsets and horses and girls learning to drive when Americans send over an event movie and make five or 10 million?
9
Billy Collins
I write with a Uni-Ball Onyx Micropoint on nine-by-seven bound notebooks made by a Canadian company called Blueline. After I do a few drafts, I type up the poem on a Macintosh G3 and then send it out the door.
10
Suzanne Collins
If I have to pick one story that most influenced 'The Hunger Games,' it would be the Greek myth of Theseus, which I read when I was about 8 years old. In punishment for past deeds, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to a labyrinth. In the maze was this Minotaur, and it would eat them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEND»

Discover the use of send in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to send and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Send (Revised Edition)
Send is now more than ever the essential book about email for businesspeople and professionals everywhere. From the Trade Paperback edition.
David Shipley, Will Schwalbe, 2008
2
Save Send Delete
She shares experiences so profound, so holy, they force us to confront our beliefs in what is true and possible. Rand hears her; he understands her; he challenges her ideas; he makes her more of herself. The book is in essence a love story.
Danusha V. Goska, 2012
3
Send the Light: Lottie Moon's Letters and Other Writings
This book's purpose is not to write Lottie Moon's life story. Rather, this work intends to present Moon in her own words with minimal editorial intrusion. - Introduction.
Lottie Moon, Keith Harper, 2002
4
Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual ...
Illustrated with over 225 photos and illustrations, the book also includes a glossary and 30-page resources listing.
‎1995
5
Send Me No Flowers
Send Me No Flowers is the story of a young woman's fight for survival.
Jenny Tomlin, 2009
6
You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke
He left a world in which he had been born poor and had become very rich from the success of such records as "You Send Me" and "A Wonderful World", yet his body lay unrecognised in a morgue for two days.
Daniel Wolff, S. R. Crain, Cliff White, 2011
7
Don't Send a Resume: And Other Contrarian Rules to Help Land ...
A successful job consultant provides his own brand of controversial advice on how to land a great job, covering such topics as attitude, appearance, persistence, and interviews.
Jeffrey J. Fox, 2001
8
Send Them to Hell: The Brutal Horrors of Bangkok's Nightmare ...
Send Them to Hell is a graphic exposé through the eyes of long-term inmate who endured the nightmare of the inhumane occurrences in the Thai prison system.
Sebastian Williams, 2009
9
Here I Am, Lord--Send Someone Else
But God had a different plan-and a sense of humor. God set Curt on a surprising, exhilarating journey that led him to become (you guessed it!) a pastor and missionary who worked with teens.
Curt DeWitt, 2007
10
Win, Build, and Send
Hopper's "Win, Build, and Send" is a practical tool to move readers beyond simple knowledge of Christ in order to learn how to win in this game of life, build foundations to live an excellent life in Christ, and send the transforming Word ...
Bobby D. Hopper, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term send is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Microsoft Introduces Send, A Short-Form Email App That Works …
Microsoft today is introducing a new application aimed at reducing the time it takes to check and respond to email while on your smartphone. With Send, as the ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»
2
Pentagon Prepares to Send Better Radar to Ukraine
The administration decided early this year against sending Ukraine deadly weaponry, such as artillery or portable air-defense systems, for fear of escalating the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Overtime Rules Send Bosses Scrambling
Companies are racing to track and manage the hours their employees really work, following a White House proposal that would put millions more U.S. workers ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
Send places from Google Maps to your Android device
Just below the name and business hours you'll find a "Send to device" link. Click on it and select the device you'd like to send the information to. The notification ... «CNET, Jul 15»
5
Wage Measures Send Mixed Signals
The latest wage data were disappointing for American workers. But several other measures of earnings are sending much more upbeat signals, creating a ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
6
Why the Gmail 'Undo Send' feature spent six years in beta hell
The feature is fairly simple. When you send an email, you sometimes experience a pang of regret. You should not have called the boss a flipping idiot who wears ... «Computerworld, Jun 15»
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Five awkward emails Google's 'Undo Send' will save you from
'Thanks for all of your help, I know how busty you are', being an email one shouldn't send to one's boss. Photograph: Antonio Zazueta Olmos/Antonio Olmos. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
8
Gmail Formally Adds 'Undo Send' Option
After years of experimenting with it as a Labs feature, Google announced that it was formally adding an “undo send” option for web-based Gmail users. (If you ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
9
Gmail now officially lets you 'Undo Send' those really embarrassing …
Gmail, Google's GOOG -3.22% e-mail service, has officially added its “Undo Send” feature to the Web-based version of the service. Previously an experimental ... «Fortune, Jun 15»
10
US sending tanks and armor to Europe
(CNN) The U.S. military will be sending dozens of tanks, Bradley armored fighting vehicles and self-propelled howitzers to allied countries in the Baltics and ... «CNN, Jun 15»
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