Meaning

5 senses
  1. (capitalized, often)An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.

    Good thing I didn't hit send on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.

  2. An operation in which data is transmitted.

  3. (Scotland)A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.

More meanings 2
  1. A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.

  2. (UK, slang)A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.

Origin

From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-W

From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye-ti (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb.

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Forms

plural: sends
Singularsend
Pluralsends

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedhit send

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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