Send vs To - What's the difference?
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To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
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, title= (slang, dated) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
* 1947 , (Robertson Davies), (The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks) , Clarke, Irwin & Co., page 183,
* 1957', (Sam Cooke), ,
* 1991 , , "(Set Adrift on Memory Bliss)",
To bring to a certain condition
* 1913 , ,
To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
* Bible, 2 Kings vi. 32
To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 20
* Sir Walter Scott
(nautical) To pitch.
* Totten
(telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
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In the direction of, and arriving at.
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(arithmetic)
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(arithmetic) .
(time) Preceding.
(Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) at
Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
* 1913 ,
(nautical) Into the wind.
As nouns the difference between send and to
is that send is sin while to is thaw, weather conditions that make snow and ice melt.send
English
Verb
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- The train had an excellent whistle which sent' me, just as Sinatra ' sends the bobby-sockers.
- Darling you send' me / I know you ' send me
- Baby you send me.
- “I suppose,” blurted Clara suddenly, “she wants a man.”
- The other two were silent for a few moments.
- “But it’s the loneliness sends her cracked,” said Paul.
- See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?
- God send him well!
- The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke.
- God send your mission may bring back peace.
- The ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.
Synonyms
* (make something go somewhere) emit, broadcast, mailDerived terms
* besend * downsend * foresend * forsend * forthsend * insend * missend * offsend * onsend * outsend * oversend * send a message * send around * send away * send back * send down * send for * send in * send off/send-off * send on * send out * send someone packing * send someone to the showers * send to Coventry * send up/send-up * upsendNoun
(en noun)- sends and receives
- The send of the sea. — Longfellow.
Statistics
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Alternative forms
* (dialectal) ter * (contraction) t' * (abbreviation)Particle
(en-part)- I want to leave.
- He asked me what to do.
- I don’t know how to say it.
- I have places to''' go and people '''to see.
- To' err is human, ' to forgive divine.
- To be, or not to be: that is the question: /
- Odds are, BP to get new CEO this year
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- "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to , but it was closed."
- If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to .
Derived terms
* going to / gonna * got to / gotta * have to / hafta * ought to / oughta * supposed to / supposta * used to / usta * want to / wanna * fixing to / finnaPreposition
(English prepositions)- We are walking to the shop.
London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
- Driven by a perceived political need to adopt a hard-line stance, Mr. Cameron’s coalition government has imposed myriad new restrictions, the aim of which is to reduce net migration to Britain to below 100,000.
- He devoted himself to education.
- They drank to his health.
- That is something to do.
- His face was beaten to a pulp.
- similar to''' ...'', ''relevant '''to''' ...'', ''pertinent '''to''' ...'', ''I was nice '''to''' him'', ''he was cruel '''to''' her'', ''I am used '''to walking.
- one to one = 1:1
- ten to one = 10:1.
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- Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
- Three to the power of two is nine.
- Three to the second is nine.
- I gave the book to him.
- ten to''' ten'' = 9:50; ''We're going to leave at ten '''to (the hour).
- Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
See also
* atAdverb
(-)- Please push the door to .
- He went in his room, pushed the door to , without fastening the latch.