send // verb [+ obj] (sent, sent //)

1 send sth (to sb) | send sb sth

to make sth go or be taken to a place, especially by post/mail, email, etc:

to send a letter/package/cheque/fax/email

She sent the letter by airmail.

An email was sent to all the staff.

All the staff were sent the email.

2

to tell sb to go somewhere or to do sth; to arrange for sb to go somewhere:

Ed couldn't make it so they sent me instead.

We are being sent on a training course next month.

3

to make sth move quickly or suddenly; to make sb act quickly:

Analysts issued a positive report, sending shares 3 per cent higher.

The news has sent investors hurrying to sell their stocks.

PHRASAL VERBS

send away (to sb) (for sth)

= SEND OFF (FOR STH)

send sth back

to return sth to a place:

When it arrived, the computer was damaged, so we sent it back.

How many people sent back the questionnaire?

SYN RETURN

send sb in

to order sb to go to a place to deal with a difficult situation:

We sent Bob in to sort out the mess.

send sth in

to send sth by post/mail to a place where it will be dealt with:

Have you sent in your application yet?

send off (for sth); send away (to sb) (for sth)

to write to sb and ask them to send you sth by post/mail:

I've sent off for details of several jobs.

send sth off

to send sth to a place by post/mail:

I'm sending the files off to my boss tomorrow.

send sth on (to sb)

1

to send a letter, email, etc. that has been sent to you to sb else:

When I receive an invoice by email, I send it on to my secretary.

SYN FORWARD

2

to send a letter that has been sent to sb's old address to their new address:

Nobody sent on the mail to the new offices.

SYN FORWARD

3

to send sth from one place/person to another:

They arranged for the information to be sent on to us.

send sth out

to send sth to a lot of different people or places:

We have been sending out thousands of brochures.

Have the invitations been sent out yet?

SYN MAIL OUT

• hack
• haemorrhage
• haggle
• Hague Rules
• haircut
• half-day
• half day
• half-dozen
• half-page
• half point
• half-price
• half-year
• half-yearly
• hallmark
• hall test
• halo effect
• hammer
• hammering
• hand
• handbill
• handbook
• handcraft
• hand-held
• hand-holding
• handicraft