send

[send] / sɛnd /

VERB

transmit, transfer through a system

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address assign circulate commit deliver dispatch drop express fire forward grant issue post relay ship shoot

STRONG

accelerate advance broadcast cast commission communicate consign convey delegate detail direct emit expedite fling freight hasten hurl impart mail propel radiate remit route televise troll wire

WEAK

get under way give off hurry off let fly put out rush off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease hold keep retain stop withhold

STRONG

conceal gather halt hide hinder keep quiet receive refrain suppress take unsend

VERB

please

Synonyms

STRONGEST

move

STRONG

charm delight electrify enrapture enthrall enthuse excite intoxicate ravish stir thrill titillate

WEAK

turn on

Antonyms

STRONG

bore depress discourage disenchant displease dull offend repel repulse turn off

Example Sentences

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It wasn’t until Tuesday, more than four weeks into the war, that Caine said it was safe enough to send lumbering B-52 bombers over Iranian territory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Behind the glass of a sterile room, two employees in full protective suits could be seen extracting an insulin component from a large vat to send a test sample to a customer.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

This impaired their ability to send information about appropriate defensive responses to other parts of the brain.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Fuel shortages in Ethiopia have forced some government institutions to send employees on annual leave.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“I did not send you, I suggested it,” Clare said, somewhat defensively.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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