English Dictionary

SEND OFF

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does send off mean? 

SEND OFF (verb)
  The verb SEND OFF has 3 senses:

1. send away towards a designated goalplay

2. throw, send, or cast forwardplay

3. transferplay

  Familiarity information: SEND OFF used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEND OFF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Send away towards a designated goal

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

despatch; dispatch; send off

Hypernyms (to "send off" is one way to...):

send; ship; transport (transport commercially)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send off"):

bundle off (send off unceremoniously)

route (send documents or materials to appropriate destinations)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP


Sense 2

Meaning:

Throw, send, or cast forward

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

project; send off

Context example:

project a missile

Hypernyms (to "send off" is one way to...):

impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


Sense 3

Meaning:

Transfer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

get off; send; send off

Context example:

The spy sent the classified information off to Russia

Hypernyms (to "send off" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

send-off (an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture)


 Context examples 


Bangs came twice a day, Hannah sat up at night, Meg kept a telegram in her desk all ready to send off at any minute, and Jo never stirred from Beth's side.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He promised me the sight of a capital gun he is just going to send off; said he would keep it unpacked to the last possible moment, that I might see it; and if I do not turn back now, I have no chance.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Never, Never... allow anyone to persuade you to suspend your common sense." (English proverb)

"One could not cross a bridge constructed by oneself." (Bhutanese proverb)

"For the sake of the flowers, the weeds are watered." (Arabic proverb)

"What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see." (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact