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sender

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send 1  (snd)
v. sent (snt), send·ing, sends
v.tr.
1. To cause to be conveyed by an intermediary to a destination: send goods by plane.
2. To dispatch, as by a communications medium: send a message by radio.
3.
a. To direct to go on a mission: sent troops into the Middle East.
b. To require or enable to go: sent her children to college.
c. To direct (a person) to a source of information; refer: sent the student to the reference section of the library.
4.
a. To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue: a stove that sends forth great warmth.
b. To utter or otherwise emit (sound): sent forth a cry of pain.
5. 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.
6. To cause to take place or occur: We will meet whatever vicissitudes fate may send.
7.
a. To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.
b. Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.
v.intr.
1. To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message: Let's send out for hamburgers.
2. To dispatch a request or order, especially by mail: send away for a new catalogue.
3. To transmit a message or messages: The radio operator was still sending when the ship went down.
Phrasal Verbs:
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
1. To cause to arrive or to be delivered to the recipient: Let's send in a letter of protest.
2. Sports To put (a player) into or back into a game or contest: The coach is sending in the kicker.
3. 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
1. To send to jail: was sent up for 20 years.
2. To make a parody of: "grandiloquently eccentric but witty verbiage . . . that would send up the nastiness of suburban London" (New York).
Idioms:
send flying Informal
To cause to be knocked or scattered about with force: a blow to the table that sent the dishes flying.
send packing
To dismiss (someone) abruptly.

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

sender n.
Synonyms: send1, dispatch, forward, route, ship, transmit
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.

send 2  (snd)
v. & n. Nautical
Variant of scend.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sendersender - someone who transmits a message; "return to sender"
communicator - a person who communicates with others
spammer - someone who sends unwanted email (often in bulk)
2.sendersender - set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
antenna, transmitting aerial, aerial - an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
jammer - a transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming
radio transmitter - transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals
satellite transmitter - a transmitter on a communications satellite
set - any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; "the early sets ran on storage batteries"
television transmitter - transmitter that is part of a television system
Translations
sender [ˈsendəʳ] N
1. (Post) → remitente mf
2. (Elec) → transmisor m

sender [ˈsɛndər] nexpéditeur/trice m/f
"return to sender" (on envelope)"retour à l'envoyeur", "retour à l'expéditeur"
sending-off [ˌsɛndɪŋˈɒf] n [player] → expulsion f
his third sending-off of the season → sa troisième expulsion de la saison
send-off [ˈsɛndɒf] n
to give sb a send-off → faire ses adieux à qn
They were given a warm send-off → On leur a fait des adieux chaleureux.
send-up [ˈsɛndʌp] n (British)parodie f

sender
nAbsender(in) m(f); return to senderzurück an Absender

sender [ˈsɛndəʳ] nmittente m/f
sender [ˈsɛndəʳ] nmittente m/f

sender مُرسِل odesílatel afsender Absender αποστολέας remitente lähettäjä expéditeur pošiljalac mittente 送り主 발송인 afzender avsender nadawca remetente отправитель avsändare ผู้ส่ง gönderen người gửi 发送者


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Each time that you eat one, beloved, remember the sender.
She had never before made any allusion to the flowers, and he supposed she had never thought of him as the sender.
Since then every year upon the same date there has always appeared a similar box, containing a similar pearl, without any clue as to the sender.
 
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