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hi everybody my name is alicia welcome
back to know your verbs in this episode
we're going to talk about the verb send
let's go
let's begin with the basic definition of
the verb send the basic definition is to
cause something to move from one place
to another especially by post or by
email so post meaning by mail so sending
something by mail to send to cause
something to move from one place to
another place by mail or by email
digital okay examples of this
send me the files i sent my friend a
postcard
let's look at the conjugations for this
verb
present
send sends
past
sent
past participle sent
progressive sending
now let's look at some additional
meanings for this verb first additional
meaning for this lesson is to cause
someone to go and do something so it's
like you make a request for someone to
go away from you and take care of an
action to do something for you examples
we sent the interns to the store to buy
office supplies
the prime minister sent his team to a
room to prepare a speech
so in both of these examples someone or
some group of people
is being sent to a different location
for a purpose in the first example
sentence we sent the interns to the
store so that's the place the interns
were sent to the store to buy office
supplies so in that case the interns
were sent for the purpose of buying
office supplies in the second example
sentence the prime minister sent his
team to a room so the place is a room
the purpose is to prepare a speech so we
can use send to describe that asking
someone or a group of people to go
somewhere and do something that's one
meaning of send
let's go on to the second additional
meaning of this verb for this lesson the
second additional meaning for this
lesson is to cause someone to do
something or to cause something to
happen so this is quite an open meaning
so let's look at this with some examples
the turbulence sent the airplane
passengers into a panic
i listen to music at night it sends me
to sleep right away
so in the first example sentence i said
the turbulence sent the airplane
passengers into a panic turbulence is
that bumpy motion you feel when you're
in an airplane so like that bumpy kind
of uneasy feeling of like air or things
that the the airplane is not steady
that's called turbulence so the
turbulence sent the passengers into a
panic so the turbulence caused the
passengers to be in a panic we use send
in that way sent the passengers into a
panic to send someone into a panic so
it's like to cause someone to enter a
state of panic that's how we can
understand this expression but we use
scent instead it's much shorter than
cause someone to become in a state of so
we use scent instead in the second
example sentence i said i listen to
music at night it sends me to sleep
right away i'm using the present tense
there it sends me to sleep so it sends
me means it causes me to be in a state
of sleep so it sends me to
sleep right away causes me to sleep in
other words so we use send to mean
causing something to happen or causing
someone to do something panic in this
case or sleep okay
let's move along now to some variations
of how to use this verb there are quite
a few let's look at the first one the
first variation is to send four to send
four so we can use this as to send for
someone or to send for something this
actually means to request someone or
something to come and it's often through
a written request this sounds kind of
old-fashioned actually but let's look at
some examples
send for the doctor he sent for his
mother
so in the first example send for the
doctor it means like ask the doctor to
come here please or i would like to
request that the doctor come here please
send for someone so that means i want
that person to come here
in the second example sentence he sent
for his mother it means he
the subject here he
wanted his mother to come to where he
was so he sent for his mother so when we
use scent in this way as i said it's
rather old-fashioned you might hear this
if you watch movies that are set in
older time periods but like
i don't know like maybe old literature
movies for example this is used for
people who are not in the same place at
that time they are maybe across the
house or they are
in a city or they're in like a different
town they're far away from the person
making the request usually so in the
same
like room is probably not true it could
mean in the same house if it's a big
house so this is kind of giving the
image that it's like a big request to
send for that person the next variation
is to send back to send back this means
to cause something to go back to an
earlier location or an earlier status
let's look at some examples
he sent the stake back to the kitchen it
was horribly overcooked
i'll send the file back to you with my
comments attached
so in the first example sentence it's
about sending a steak back to a kitchen
so in other words there was a problem
with the steak and the diner sent back
the steak so we'll actually divide this
phrasal verb to send back we say to send
the stake back in this case so the stake
falls between send and back here
so it was returned to the kitchen it was
it was given back to an earlier location
here sent back to the kitchen so
to presumably to fix it or to improve
somehow or to make the situation better
in some way so maybe he'll get a new
stick we can imagine so to send
something back refers to moving
something to an earlier location or as
we see in the second sentence i'll send
the file back to you with my comments
attached so that means i'm going to
return the file to you who maybe you
originally had it
so i'm going to give it back to you i'm
going to return it to its earlier
location with you
but my comments will be attached so
please look at that so there will be
some update in other words so to send
back means to send something to an
earlier location an earlier status so
let's move along to the next variation
the next variation is to send packing to
send someone packing this means to
dismiss someone like quickly or very
roughly it has a negative image about it
so examples
he sent her packing when he found out
she had three other boyfriends
when the company discovered the thief
they sent him packing right away
so this means quick dismissal like
quickly saying like go away or no you're
out you're finished you're done you've
been dismissed you're fired for whatever
reason so in the first example he sent
her packing because he found out she had
three other boyfriends that means he
broke up with her like he sent her away
he ended their relationship quickly
so like there was nothing graceful about
it it was over it was finished it was
done the same thing in the second
example sentence the company discovered
a thief they sent him packing means like
they sent him away they fired him
quickly so the image here is like to
send someone packing is i guess you
could imagine like you you dismiss them
so quickly like they're still carrying
their their things like that maybe
they're trying to pack their things in
like a backpack and carry it away with
them it's so fast so you send them away
to send them packing so something
quickly ending quickly dismissing
someone quickly all right so those are a
few variations and a few maybe
additional meanings some new meanings
maybe of the verb send so i hope that
that was helpful for you and i hope you
picked up something new that you can use
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