{
    "term": "send",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "send",
            "heSheIt": "sends"
        },
        "pastSimple": "sent",
        "pastParticiple": "sent",
        "ingForm": "sending"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make something go or be taken to a place, especially by post, email, radio, etc.",
            "sensetop": "send somethingsend something to somebody/somethingsend somebody somethingsend something back",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She **sent a letter** of support.",
                    "contextForm": "send something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me just **send** this **email**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **send** something **by post**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **send** something **by mail**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sent the package by airmail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Users were unable to **send or receive** emails for two days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you sent a Christmas card to your mother yet?",
                    "contextForm": "send something to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A radio **signal was sent** to the spacecraft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you sent your mother a Christmas card yet?",
                    "contextForm": "send somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll **send you a** text **message**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you send me a link to the website?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sent me a copy of his new book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The laptop was faulty so I sent it back to the manufacturers.",
                    "contextForm": "send something back"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to tell somebody something by sending them a message",
            "sensetop": "send somethingsend something to somebodysend somebody somethingsend something (that)…send to do something",
            "labels": "(figurative)(formal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My parents **send their love**.",
                    "contextForm": "send something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Henry sent his regards to you.",
                    "contextForm": "send something to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What sort of **message** is that **sending** to young people?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **sent** me **word** to come.",
                    "contextForm": "send somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **sent word** (that) she could not come.",
                    "contextForm": "send something (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sent to say that she was coming home.",
                    "contextForm": "send to do something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to tell somebody to go somewhere or to do something; to arrange for somebody to go somewhere",
            "sensetop": "send somebodysend somebody + adv./prep.send somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Ed couldn't make it so they sent me instead.",
                    "contextForm": "send somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sent the kids to bed early.",
                    "contextForm": "send somebody + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge **sent her to prison** for two years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **sent** away **to** boarding **school** at the age of eight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has agreed to **send** 3 000 **troops** to the region."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are being sent on a training course next month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children were **sent home** from school because it was just too hot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've sent Tom to buy some milk.",
                    "contextForm": "send somebody to do something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to make something/somebody move quickly or suddenly",
            "sensetop": "send something/somebody doing somethingsend something/somebody + adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Every step he took sent the pain shooting up his leg.",
                    "contextForm": "send something/somebody doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The punch **sent him flying**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report sent share prices down a further 8p.",
                    "contextForm": "send something/somebody + adv./prep."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to make somebody behave or react in a particular way",
            "sensetop": "send somebody to somethingsend somebody into somethingsend somebody + adj.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her music always sends me to sleep.",
                    "contextForm": "send somebody to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her account of the visit sent us into fits of laughter.",
                    "contextForm": "send somebody into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the publicity nearly sent him crazy.",
                    "contextForm": "send somebody + adj."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to tell somebody clearly or rudely to go away",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She tried to interfere but I sent her packing."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/send/",
                "audio": "se/send/send__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sendz/",
                "audio": "se/send/sends__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sent/",
                "audio": "se/send/sent__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "se/send/sending__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/send/",
                "audio": "se/send/send__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sendz/",
                "audio": "se/send/sends__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sent/",
                "audio": "se/send/sent__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "se/send/sending__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English sendan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zenden and German senden."
}