1. The act of causing something to go, especially messages
   "The sending of the urgent telegram alerted the family"

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
   "They send packages internationally";
   - transport, ship
    
5. Assign to a particular location
   "They sent the new recruit to the border post";
   - station, post, place
    
6. Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
   "They sent their daughter to boarding school";
   - commit, institutionalize, institutionalise [Brit], charge
    
7. Distribute content through the air or space via radio, television, or similar electronic signals
   "We cannot send this X-rated song";
   - air, broadcast, beam, transmit

Derived forms: sendings

See also: send back

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

Encyclopedia: Sending