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Meaning of "sendoff" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SENDOFF

sendoff  [ˈsɛndˌɒf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENDOFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sendoff 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 sendoff in English.

WHAT DOES SENDOFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sendoff in the English dictionary

The first definition of sendoff in the dictionary is a demonstration of good wishes to a person about to set off on a journey, new career, etc. Other definition of sendoff is a start, esp an auspicious one, to a venture. Sendoff is also to cause to depart; despatch.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SENDOFF

PRESENT

Present
I sendoff
you sendoff
he/she/it sendoffs
we sendoff
you sendoff
they sendoff
Present continuous
I am sendoffing
you are sendoffing
he/she/it is sendoffing
we are sendoffing
you are sendoffing
they are sendoffing
Present perfect
I have sendoffed
you have sendoffed
he/she/it has sendoffed
we have sendoffed
you have sendoffed
they have sendoffed
Present perfect continuous
I have been sendoffing
you have been sendoffing
he/she/it has been sendoffing
we have been sendoffing
you have been sendoffing
they have been sendoffing
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 sendoffed
you sendoffed
he/she/it sendoffed
we sendoffed
you sendoffed
they sendoffed
Past continuous
I was sendoffing
you were sendoffing
he/she/it was sendoffing
we were sendoffing
you were sendoffing
they were sendoffing
Past perfect
I had sendoffed
you had sendoffed
he/she/it had sendoffed
we had sendoffed
you had sendoffed
they had sendoffed
Past perfect continuous
I had been sendoffing
you had been sendoffing
he/she/it had been sendoffing
we had been sendoffing
you had been sendoffing
they had been sendoffing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sendoff
we let´s sendoff
you sendoff
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sendoff
Past participle
sendoffed
Present Participle
sendoffing
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 SENDOFF


burn-off
ˈbɜːnˌɒf
checkoff
ˈtʃekˌɒf
cook-off
ˈkʊkˌɒf
die-off
ˈdaɪˌɒf
fall-off
ˈfɔːlˌɒf
kick-off
ˈkɪkˌɒf
liftoff
ˈlɪftˌɒf
logoff
ˈlɒɡˌɒf
pickoff
ˈpɪkˌɒf
rip-off
ˈrɪpˌɒf
rub-off
ˈrʌbˌɒf
sawed-off
ˈsɔːdˌɒf
spin-off
ˈspɪnˌɒf
standoff
ˈstændˌɒf
stop-off
ˈstɒpˌɒf
tail-off
ˈteɪlˌɒf
takeoff
ˈteɪkˌɒf
tear-off
ˈtɛərˌɒf
throw-off
ˈθrəʊˌɒf
write-off
ˈraɪtˌɒf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENDOFF

send
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
sene
Seneca
seneca snakeroot
senecio
senectitude

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENDOFF

better off
cut off
cut-off
day off
doff
get off
hold off
kick off
Mexican standoff
off
on and off
on-off
roll-on-roll-off
roll-on/roll-off
show off
show-off
showing-off
take off
turn off
turn-off

Synonyms and antonyms of sendoff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SENDOFF»

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

Translation of «sendoff» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENDOFF

Find out the translation of sendoff to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sendoff from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sendoff» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

送别
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despedida
570 millions of speakers

English

sendoff
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sendoff
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sendoff
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проводы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sendoff
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sendoff
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sendoff
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

menghantar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sendoff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sendoff
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배웅
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

ngirim
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sendoff
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனுப்புவிடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाठ्वा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

göndermek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sendoff
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sendoff
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проводи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sendoff
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sendoff
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sendoff
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sendoff
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sendoff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sendoff

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENDOFF»

The term «sendoff» is regularly used and occupies the 60.079 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENDOFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sendoff» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sendoff» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENDOFF»

Discover the use of sendoff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sendoff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sendoff for a Snitch
KM Rockwood. “Yeah.” Old Buckles was Kelly's dad. Banjo took a forkful of pot pie. “Well, Old Buckles got in touch with a few of the guys.” He grinned. “ Smuggled cellphone. You know how much that's happening?” Since I'd never had anyone ...
KM Rockwood, 2013
2
ZB 2002: Formal Specification and Development in Z and B: ...
SendOff(off) || oo.SendOff(off, ce.ctokens) END; ... END In a Csp2B notation we can express decomposition as a parallel composition of several processes: REFINEMENT TokensRefRef REFINES TokensRef SEES TokensDef CONJOINS  ...
Didier Bert, 2002
3
Eyes of the University: Right to Philosophy 2
sendoff, of dispensation or the gift of being, signals today one of the most singular and, it seems to me, most powerful — in any case one of the last — attempts to " think" the history and structure of onto-theology, even the history of being in ...
Jacques Derrida, 2004
4
Arranging the Meal: A History of Table Service in France
Closing Dishes Let's turn now to the “sendoff” explicitly mentioned in four of the menus and to the “finish” mentioned in eleven of them.15 The sendoff is not a problem: it always consists of wine and spices. Conversely, we have seen that wine ...
Jean-Louis Flandrin, 2007
5
Santa's New Reindeer Team
Then the third reindeer ran past him with such a smooth rhythm that Santa called him Sendoff. The Christmas Fairy christened Sendoff, and his name was to be. He was the lead teammate of Takeoff, and he had the important job of setting the  ...
Amuel U. Strutz, 2009
6
Many Were Held by the Sea: The Tragic Sinking of HMS Otranto
“Soldiers Are Given a Royal Sendoff,” Bulloch [GA] Times, September 1917, n.p. 22. “Soldiers Are Given a Royal Sendoff.” 23. “Soldiers Are Given a Royal Sendoff.” 24. “Soldiers Are Given a Royal Sendoff.” 25. “Fighting a War,” 74. 26. Lonzon ...
R. Neil Scott, 2012
7
The Banana Skin: Love Magic
The sendoff party came uptwo days after the exams. The sendoff was meant for the finalyears that had just completed their exams. Thejunior students were just starting their exams. The sendoff was well organised. Each facultyheld theirs.
Udo Nwabueze Agomoh, 2012
8
Big coo for a baby, big sendoff for Tito
SENDOFF. FOR. TITO. In Moscow last week the Russian leaders worked overtime to woo new friends, young and old. At a garden party for India's visiting vice president. Russia's Nikita Khrushchev spotted the young son of an Indian diplomat ...
9
Edmund Wilson, Our Neighbor from Talcottville
SI. ii. ®. Serenade. and. Sendoff. T,. he phone rang in the middle of the afternoon on a Saturday eleven days after the interview at the old house. I had dozed off over the TV baseball game-of-the-week; I barely heard the tinkle downstairs.
Richard Hauer Costa, 1980
10
100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die
26. 1930: Wade's. SendOff. Alabama's breakthrough years of 1925 and 1926, which resulted in Rose Bowl appearances and celebrated national championships, were difficult to reproduce overthenext threeseasons,much tothechagrinof fans ...
Christopher Walsh, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENDOFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sendoff is used in the context of the following news items.
1
2 Decades Later, Baltimore Stallions Reunite For Proper Sendoff
BALTIMORE (WJZ)–Two decades later, a Baltimore football team reunites for a sendoff they never received. OJ Brigance read a prayer to start the ceremony. «CBS Local, Jul 15»
2
Judge Gaughan receives sendoff
WELLSBURG - A parade of court and law enforcement officials, attorneys, community leaders and citizens from three counties lined up in the courtroom at the ... «The Steubenville Herald-Star, Jul 15»
3
Emotional board sendoff for Kayser, but not a word for Galatzan
Bennett Kayser Two members of the LA Unified school board, losers in last month's elections, joined their colleagues for the final time today, as Bennett Kayser ... «LA School Report, Jun 15»
4
Holders Japan beat Italy in World Cup sendoff
Japan beat Italy 1-0 on Thursday in their final warm-up game before jetting off to Canada to defend their FIFA Women's World Cup™ title. German-based striker ... «FIFA.com, May 15»
5
Senior Sendoff
I started writing for The Chronicle during the spring semester of my freshman year. A friend knew I was uncertain about my major, which was English at the time, ... «Quinnipiac Chronicle, Apr 15»
6
Sendoff For A Restaurant? Twins To Say So Long To Nye's
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A beloved Minneapolis restaurant will get a special sendoff from the Minnesota Twins. Nye's Polonaise Room will close this year after ... «CBS Local, Apr 15»
7
Clemson misses the mark for potential Leggett sendoff
He deserved better than this sendoff. He deserved a chance to ride off into the sunset, head held high knowing that he is leaving a place that he loved and that ... «The Times and Democrat, Apr 15»
8
Emotional Sendoff for Connecticut National Guard Troops
For the third time in six weeks, a United States National Guard unit from Connecticut is being deployed to eventually head overseas. (Published Wednesday, Apr ... «NBC Connecticut, Apr 15»
9
Senior Sendoff to celebrate graduation, class of 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Before the pomp and circumstance of graduation begins, the Lion Ambassadors invite this year's senior class to Senior Sendoff, ... «Penn State News, Apr 15»
10
Albany Police Chief Steven Krokoff retires
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A touching sendoff was held at Albany Police headquarters Friday as Chief Steven Krokoff, who has led the force since 2010, leaves ... «NEWS10 ABC, Mar 15»

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