send out

verb

sent out; sending out; sends out

1

: to mail (something) to many different people or places

Have you sent out the invitations yet?

2

: to cause (a signal) to go out

The pilot sent out a distress signal.

3

: to cause (light, heat, etc.) to move outward from a source

The coals sent out a reddish glow.

4

: to produce (something) in the process of growing or developing

The plant began to send out its shoots.

Examples of send out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Around 150 mail ballots have been returned from the nearly 200,000 sent out last week to Floridians in the military and currently overseas, according to figures posted Monday by the Division of Elections. — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

The court rulings came just weeks before most states begin sending out ballots by mail. — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 21 Sep. 2026

Gen Zers are turning their tassels and sending out hundreds of applications hoping for their first break. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

Search parties were sent out again in May after heavy rain in the hope that water would uncover more clues, to no avail. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for send out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout