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–noun

1.	a person or thing that sends.

2.	a transmitter of electric pulses, as in telegraphy.

[Origin: 1150–1200; ME; send¹, -er¹

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v.   sent (sěnt), send·ing, sends

v.   tr.

To cause to be conveyed by an intermediary to a destination: send goods by plane.
To dispatch, as by a communications medium: send a message by radio.
1. To direct to go on a mission: sent troops into the Middle East.
2. To require or enable to go: sent her children to college.
3. To direct (a person) to a source of information; refer: sent the student to the reference section of the library.
4. To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue: a stove that sends forth great warmth.
5. To utter or otherwise emit (sound): sent forth a cry of pain.
6. To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.
7. Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.
1. To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue: a stove that sends forth great warmth.
2. To utter or otherwise emit (sound): sent forth a cry of pain.
3. To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.
4. Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.
To hit so as to direct or propel with force; drive: The batter sent the ball to left field. The slap on my back sent me staggering.
To cause to take place or occur: We will meet whatever vicissitudes fate may send.
1. To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.
2. Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.

v. intr.

To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message: Let's send out for hamburgers.
To dispatch a request or order, especially by mail: send away for a new catalogue.
To transmit a message or messages: The radio operator was still sending when the ship went down.
To cause to arrive or to be delivered to the recipient: Let's send in a letter of protest.
Sports To put (a player) into or back into a game or contest: The coach is sending in the kicker.
To cause (someone) to arrive in or become involved in a particular place or situation: The commander sent in the sappers. It's time to send in the lawyers.
To send to jail: was sent up for 20 years.
To make a parody of: "grandiloquently eccentric but witty verbiage . . . that would send up the nastiness of suburban London" (New York).

Phrasal Verb(s):
send down Chiefly British
To suspend or dismiss from a university.
send for
To request to come by means of a message or messenger; summon.
send in

To cause to arrive or to be delivered to the recipient: Let's send in a letter of protest.
Sports To put (a player) into or back into a game or contest: The coach is sending in the kicker.
To cause (someone) to arrive in or become involved in a particular place or situation: The commander sent in the sappers. It's time to send in the lawyers.

send off
Sports To eject (a player), as from a soccer game, especially for a flagrant violation of the rules.
send up Informal

To send to jail: was sent up for 20 years.
To make a parody of: "grandiloquently eccentric but witty verbiage . . . that would send up the nastiness of suburban London" (New York).

Idiom(s):
send flying Informal
To cause to be knocked or scattered about with force: a blow to the table that sent the dishes flying.

Idiom(s):
send packing
To dismiss (someone) abruptly.

[Middle English senden, from Old English sendan; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]

send'er n.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to cause to go or be taken to a destination: sent the package by parcel post; dispatched a union representative to the factory; forwards the mail to their new address; routed the soldiers through New York; shipped his books to his dormitory; transmits money by cable.

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sender
noun
1.	someone who transmits a message; "return to sender"
2.	set used to broadcast radio or tv signals [syn: transmitter]

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ˈsender noun

a person who sends eg a letter

Arabic:	مُرْسِل
Chinese (Simplified):	发送人
Chinese (Traditional):	發送人
Czech:	odesilatel, -ka
Danish:	afsender
Dutch:	afzender
Estonian:	saatja
Finnish:	lähettäjä
French:	expéditeur, *-trice
German:	der, *die Absender(in)
Greek:	αποστολέας
Hungarian:	küldő
Icelandic:	sendandi
Indonesian:	pengirim
Italian:	mittente

Japanese:	送り主
Korean:	발송인
Latvian:	sūtītājs
Lithuanian:	siuntėjas
Norwegian:	(av)sender
Polish:	nadawca
Portuguese (Brazil):	remetente
Portuguese (Portugal):	remetente
Romanian:	expeditor
Russian:	отправитель
Slovak:	odosielateľ, -ka
Slovenian:	pošiljatelj
Spanish:	remitente
Swedish:	avsändare
Turkish:	gönderen, yollayan