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hi everybody my name is Alisha 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 sent 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 past
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
sent instead it's much shorter than
cause someone to become in a state of so
we use sent 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 it 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 sent
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 there may be
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 steak 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 will actually
divide this phrasal
to send back we say to send the steak
back in this case so the steak 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 are 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 there
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
thing quickly ending quickly dismissing
someone quickly all right so those are a
few variations and a few maybe
additional meaning 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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