"send" meaning in English

See send in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsend/ Audio: en-us-send.ogg [US], en-uk-to send.ogg [UK] Forms: send [canonical], sends [third-person, singular], sent [past], sent [past, participle], sending [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|send|sends|sent|sent|sending}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To send something is to make the thing go somewhere without the person. A person sends a letter by putting it in a mailbox. A person can send another person somewhere by telling the person to go there.
    Sense id: simple-send-en-verb-WuC1NRl8
     
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          "text": "She needed to send a letter to her mother to say she had arrived safely."
        },
        {
          "text": "Could you send Roger into see me please?"
        }
      ],
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        "To send something is to make the thing go somewhere without the person. A person sends a letter by putting it in a mailbox. A person can send another person somewhere by telling the person to go there."
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          "text": "She needed to send a letter to her mother to say she had arrived safely."
        },
        {
          "text": "Could you send Roger into see me please?"
        }
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