send

verb

ˈsend How to pronounce send (audio)
Definition of sendnext
as in to transmit
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another they promised to send the package in the morning

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Recent Examples of send These robots can complete short deliveries without sending another car through traffic or requiring a courier to find parking. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Rising Middle East tensions sent oil prices soaring this week. — Cj Haddad, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 Officers were sent to the street corner from which Nakira had placed the call. — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 The pro-wealth-tax campaign is sending voters emails and texts and has an online presence. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for send
Recent Examples of Synonyms for send
  1. transmit
  2. ship
  3. transport
  4. transfer
  5. dispatch
Verb
  • Nearly a third of the GPS tags deployed in 2022 stopped transmitting within the first two weeks, while additional equipment problems prevented researchers from collecting the data needed to determine whether some birds had died.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Potential applications include recharging visiting rovers, transmitting scientific data to Earth and powering equipment used for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), which involves extracting and processing local lunar materials.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of transmit
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  • Apple’s first smart home display, the Apple HomeView, won’t ship until next week, but rumors about a larger HomeView product with a robotic arm have already begun to pile up.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026
  • None of those modules are shipping yet, but the concept may well have future potential beyond just longer battery life.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of ship
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  • The Navy's Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen, known as SWCCs, are elite maritime operators training to operate high-speed, heavily armed boats that transport Navy SEALs into and out of hostile territory, along with other maritime missions.
    — James LaPorta, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The two surviving victims were transported to Ryder Trauma Center, local outlet WSVN reported, citing an MDSO spokesperson.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of transport
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  • The stacks sit close to a processor and use a wide interface to transfer many bits in parallel.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • She was then placed in one car and later transferred to another, Toczylowski said.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of transfer
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  • There were a thousand or so election watchers dispatched to polling places by the Department of Justice – these are unprecedented numbers.
    — John E. Jones III, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Federal poll monitors were first dispatched because of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's to ensure Black Americans could register to vote and cast their ballots without intimidation.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of dispatch

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“Send.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/send. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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