Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sending

1 sense of sending

Sense 1
sending -- (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))
       => causing, causation -- (the act of causing something to happen)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb send

8 senses of send

Sense 1
send, direct -- (cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")
          Phrasal Verb-> send away#2; send away#1

Sense 2
send, send out -- (to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept")
       => transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise -- (send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message")
          Phrasal Verb-> send back#1

Sense 3
mail, post, send -- (cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written")
       => transfer -- (move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital")

Sense 4
transport, send, ship -- (transport commercially)
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")
          Phrasal Verb-> send on#1; send off#1

Sense 5
station, post, send, place -- (assign to a station)
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

Sense 6
send, get off, send off -- (transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia")
       => transfer -- (move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital")

Sense 7
commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge -- (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison")
       => transfer -- (move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital")

Sense 8
air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit -- (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song")
       => publicize, publicise, air, bare -- (make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare")

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