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• (v) cause to go somewhere
  • The explosion sent the car flying in the air
  • She sent her children to camp
  • He directed all his energies into his dissertation
  direct,
• (v) to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
  • He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept
  send out,
• (v) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
  • send me your latest results
  • I'll mail you the paper when it's written
  mail, post,
• (v) transport commercially ship, transport,
• (v) assign to a station station, post, place,
• (v) transfer
  • The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
  get off, send off,
• (v) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
  • After the second episode, she had to be committed
  • he was committed to prison
  institutionalise, institutionalize, commit, charge,
• (v) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
  • We cannot air this X-rated song
  broadcast, air, transmit, beam,

Synonyms

direct send out mail post ship transport station place get off send off institutionalise institutionalize commit charge broadcast air transmit beam

See also

give notice give the axe give the sack can force out sack send away displace dismiss fire terminate send packing drop remand send back remit forward send on despatch dispatch send off

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