Sending vs. Send

Sending vs. Send — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Sending and Send

Sendingnoun

The act by which somebody or something is sent.

Sendverb

(transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.

Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.to send a message, or a letter

Sendingnoun

the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

Sendverb

To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).

Sendverb

To bring to a certain condition.

Sendverb

(intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.

Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
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Sendverb

To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.

Sendverb

(nautical) To pitch.

Sendnoun

(telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.

Sendnoun

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Sendverb

cause to go somewhere;

The explosion sent the car flying in the airShe sent her children to campHe directed all his energies into his dissertation

Sendverb

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
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Sendverb

cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;

send me your latest resultsI'll mail you the paper when it's written

Sendverb

transport commercially

Sendverb

assign to a station

Sendverb

transfer;

The spy sent the classified information off to Russia

Sendverb

cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution;

After the second episode, she had to be committedhe was committed to prison

Sendverb

broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television;

We cannot air this X-rated song