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{
"term": "send",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "send",
"heSheIt": "sends"
},
"pastSimple": "sent",
"pastParticiple": "sent",
"ingForm": "sending"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make something go or be taken to a place, especially by post, email, radio, etc.",
"sensetop": "send somethingsend something to somebody/somethingsend somebody somethingsend something back",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She **sent a letter** of support.",
"contextForm": "send something"
},
{
"text": "Let me just **send** this **email**."
},
{
"text": "to **send** something **by post**"
},
{
"text": "to **send** something **by mail**"
},
{
"text": "I sent the package by airmail."
},
{
"text": "Users were unable to **send or receive** emails for two days."
},
{
"text": "Have you sent a Christmas card to your mother yet?",
"contextForm": "send something to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "A radio **signal was sent** to the spacecraft."
},
{
"text": "Have you sent your mother a Christmas card yet?",
"contextForm": "send somebody something"
},
{
"text": "I'll **send you a** text **message**."
},
{
"text": "Can you send me a link to the website?"
},
{
"text": "He sent me a copy of his new book."
},
{
"text": "The laptop was faulty so I sent it back to the manufacturers.",
"contextForm": "send something back"
}
],
"topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to tell somebody something by sending them a message",
"sensetop": "send somethingsend something to somebodysend somebody somethingsend something (that)…send to do something",
"labels": "(figurative)(formal)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "My parents **send their love**.",
"contextForm": "send something"
},
{
"text": "Henry sent his regards to you.",
"contextForm": "send something to somebody"
},
{
"text": "What sort of **message** is that **sending** to young people?"
},
{
"text": "He **sent** me **word** to come.",
"contextForm": "send somebody something"
},
{
"text": "She **sent word** (that) she could not come.",
"contextForm": "send something (that)…"
},
{
"text": "She sent to say that she was coming home.",
"contextForm": "send to do something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to tell somebody to go somewhere or to do something; to arrange for somebody to go somewhere",
"sensetop": "send somebodysend somebody + adv./prep.send somebody to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Ed couldn't make it so they sent me instead.",
"contextForm": "send somebody"
},
{
"text": "She sent the kids to bed early.",
"contextForm": "send somebody + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "The judge **sent her to prison** for two years."
},
{
"text": "He was **sent** away **to** boarding **school** at the age of eight."
},
{
"text": "The government has agreed to **send** 3 000 **troops** to the region."
},
{
"text": "We are being sent on a training course next month."
},
{
"text": "Children were **sent home** from school because it was just too hot."
},
{
"text": "I've sent Tom to buy some milk.",
"contextForm": "send somebody to do something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to make something/somebody move quickly or suddenly",
"sensetop": "send something/somebody doing somethingsend something/somebody + adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Every step he took sent the pain shooting up his leg.",
"contextForm": "send something/somebody doing something"
},
{
"text": "The punch **sent him flying**."
},
{
"text": "The report sent share prices down a further 8p.",
"contextForm": "send something/somebody + adv./prep."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to make somebody behave or react in a particular way",
"sensetop": "send somebody to somethingsend somebody into somethingsend somebody + adj.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her music always sends me to sleep.",
"contextForm": "send somebody to something"
},
{
"text": "Her account of the visit sent us into fits of laughter.",
"contextForm": "send somebody into something"
},
{
"text": "All the publicity nearly sent him crazy.",
"contextForm": "send somebody + adj."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to tell somebody clearly or rudely to go away",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She tried to interfere but I sent her packing."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/send/",
"audio": "se/send/send__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sendz/",
"audio": "se/send/sends__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sent/",
"audio": "se/send/sent__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsendɪŋ/",
"audio": "se/send/sending__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/send/",
"audio": "se/send/send__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sendz/",
"audio": "se/send/sends__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sent/",
"audio": "se/send/sent__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsendɪŋ/",
"audio": "se/send/sending__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English sendan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zenden and German senden."
}