send-off

[ send-awf, -of ]

/ ˈsɛndˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture: They gave him a rousing send-off at the pier.

a start given to a person or thing.

Origin of send-off

1855–60, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase send off

Words nearby send-off

send out, send round, send someone about his or her business, send someone packing, send up, send-off, send-up, sendai, sendai virus, sendak, sendal

Definition for send off (2 of 2)

send ¹

[ send ]

/ sɛnd /

verb (used with object), sent, send·ing.

to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.

to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination: to send a letter.

to order, direct, compel, or force to go: The president sent troops to Asia.

to direct, propel, or deliver to a particular point, position, condition, or direction: to send a punch to the jaw; The punch sent the fighter reeling.

to emit, discharge, or utter (usually followed by off, out, or through): The lion sent a roar through the jungle.

to cause to occur or befall: The people beseeched Heaven to send peace to their war-torn village.

Electricity.

to transmit (a signal).
to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses.

Slang. to delight or excite: Frank Sinatra's records used to send her.

verb (used without object), sent, send·ing.

to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc.

Electricity. to transmit a signal: The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies.

Verb Phrases

send down, British. to expel, especially from Oxford or Cambridge.

send for, to request the coming or delivery of; summon: If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor.

send forth,

to produce; bear; yield: plants sending forth new leaves.
to dispatch out of a country as an export.
to issue, as a publication: They have sent forth a report to the stockholders.
to emit or discharge: The flowers sent forth a sweet odor.

send in, to cause to be dispatched or delivered to a destination: Send in your contest entries to this station.

send off, to cause to depart or to be conveyed from oneself; dispatch; dismiss: His teacher sent him off to the principal's office.

send out,

to distribute; issue.
to send on the way; dispatch: They sent out their final shipment last week.
to order delivery: We sent out for coffee.

send up,

to release or cause to go upward; let out.
Informal. to sentence or send to prison: He was convicted and sent up for life.
to expose the flaws or foibles of through parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, or other forms of satire: The new movie sends up merchants who commercialize Christmas.

Origin of send

before 900; Middle English senden, Old English sendan; cognate with German senden, Gothic sandjan (causative) < Germanic base *sinth-, *santh- go, whence Old English sīth journey, sand message, messenger

SYNONYMS FOR send

2 transmit, dispatch, forward.

4 cast, hurl, fling, project.

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ANTONYMS FOR send

1 receive.

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OTHER WORDS FROM send

send·a·ble, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH send

scend send

British Dictionary definitions for send off (1 of 2)

send ¹

/ (sɛnd) /

verb sends, sending or sent

(tr) to cause or order (a person or thing) to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place to send a letter; she sent the salesman away

(when intr, foll by for;; when tr, takes an infinitive) to dispatch a request or command (for something or to do something) he sent for a bottle of wine; he sent to his son to come home

(tr) to direct or cause to go to a place or point his blow sent the champion to the floor

(tr) to bring to a state or condition this noise will send me mad

(tr; often foll by forth, out, etc) to cause to issue; emit his cooking sent forth a lovely smell from the kitchen

(tr) to cause to happen or come misery sent by fate

to transmit (a message) by radio, esp in the form of pulses

(tr) slang to move to excitement or rapture this music really sends me

send someone about his business to dismiss or get rid of someone

send someone packing to dismiss or get rid of (someone) peremptorily

noun

another word for swash (def. 4)

Derived forms of send

sendable, adjective sender, noun

Word Origin for send

Old English sendan; related to Old Norse senda, Gothic sandjan, Old High German senten

British Dictionary definitions for send off (2 of 2)

send ²

/ (sɛnd) /

verb, noun sends, sending or sent

a variant spelling of scend

Idioms and Phrases with send off

send off

see send away, def. 1.

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send-off

noun

Origin of send-off

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Definition for send off (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), sent, send·ing.

verb (used without object), sent, send·ing.

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verb sends, sending or sent

noun

Derived forms of send

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British Dictionary definitions for send off (2 of 2)

verb, noun sends, sending or sent

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send-off

noun

Origin of send-off

Words nearby send-off

Definition for send off (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), sent, send·ing.

verb (used without object), sent, send·ing.

Verb Phrases

Origin of send

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verb sends, sending or sent

noun

Derived forms of send

Word Origin for send

British Dictionary definitions for send off (2 of 2)

verb, noun sends, sending or sent

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