send
cause to go somewhere
How often you will meet it
Rank 608 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 31,769 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- cause to go somewhere also: direct The explosion sent the car flying in the airShe sent her children to camp
- to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place also: send out He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place also: mail, post send me your latest resultsI'll mail you the paper when it's written
- transport commercially also: transport, ship
- assign to a station also: station, post, place
- transfer also: get off, send off The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
send in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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Home--that blessed word which should send a thrill to the heart of any bride.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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My heart is sad and it is not my will To send you hence, but naught is left to do.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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I have looked about for quite a while to find a suitable place in the country where I could send you.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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When the state of Ireland had become intolerable to herself and dangerous to this adjacent island, I would send over dragoons.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1