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1. Cause to go somewhere
   "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp";
   - direct
    
2. 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
    
3. Give to a courier to take to another place
   "send me your latest results";
   - mail, post [Brit]
    
4. Move goods commercially
   - transport, ship
    
5. Assign to a particular location
   - station, post, place
    
6. Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
   "After the second episode, she had to be sent";
   - commit, institutionalize, institutionalise [Brit], charge
    
7. (broadcast medium) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
   "We cannot send this X-rated song";
   - air, broadcast, beam, transmit

Derived forms: sends, sent, sending

See also: dispatch, drop, give the sack, send on

Type of: air, bare, channel, channelise [Brit], channelize, displace, move, publicise [Brit], publicize, transfer, transmit, transport

Encyclopedia: Send, Iran