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Send Off

Definition: Send Off

Send Off

Verb

1. Send off promptly.

2. Throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile".

3. Transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Send Off

Synonyms: despatch (v), dispatch (v), get off (v), project (v), send (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Send Off

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Abrogation

Dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business; discharge, get rid of; (eject); bounce; fire, fire out; sack.

Ejection

Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

Recession

Keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder; send off, send away with a flea in one's ear.

Regression

Send; send off, let off, fire off; discharge, shoot; launch, release, send forth, let fly; put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Send Off

English words defined with "send off": bundle offdespatch, dispatch, DispeedTo bundle off, To send packing. (references)
Etymologies containing "send off": Apopemptic. (references)

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Use in Literature: Send Off

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Send Off

Expressions using "send off": send off for send off on a wild goose chase. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Send Off

Language Translations for "send off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

afsend (dismiss, dispatch, ship, turn away). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

recenzion i mirë, përshëndetje (bow, compliments, greeting, hail, hallo, salutation, salute), fillim (beginning, breaking, coming-in, commencement, cradle, dawn, inception, incipience, initiation, lead off, offset, onset, opening, origin, origination, outset, prime, rise, river head, seed, set out, start, term), dërgoj (cable, consign, delegate, deliver, despatch, detach, direct, dispatch, refer, relegate, send, set forth, set off, transmit), dëboj (banish, cast out, deport, evict, excommunicate, exile, expel, hoot, laugh off, proscribe, rase, raze, rout, send packing, throw out). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏وفد (delegation, deputation, despatch, dispatch, legation, mission, send), ‏ودع (check, commend, commit, consign, entrust, keep, keeping, let, let go, lodge, part from, pay, see off, store), ‏طرد من الملعب (put out), ‏إيفاد (despatch, dispatch), ‏إرسال (despatch, dispatch, expedition, posting, radio, send, sending away, signalling, transmission), ‏أرسل (deliver, detach, emit, expedite, forward, issue, route, send, toss off, transmit). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отстранявам (chase, cut away, eliminate, extirpate, fend off, get away, keep away, obviate, preclude, push aside, push away, reject, remove, repel, shake, sweep away, take out, weed out), отпращам (ask for leave, dismiss, kiss off, pack off, refer, send away, send packing, turn, turn away), изпращане (delegation, despatch, dispatch, shipment), изпращам (consign, delegate, deliver, dismiss, dispatch, get off, pack off, relegate, see, see off, send, send on, send out, ship, wing). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

歡送 (see off). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vyprovodit při odjezdu, rozlouèení (farewell, leave, parting, valediction), odeslat (despatch, dispatch, draw out, forward, remit, send, transmit). (various references)

   

Danish

  

afsende (dismiss, dispatch, ship, turn away). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verzenden (dismiss, dispatch, send, ship, transmit, turn away), expediëren (dispatch, ship), afzenden (dismiss, dispatch, ship, turn away). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

ekspedi (dispatch, ship). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

avgreiða (dispatch, ship). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lähettää (consign, dispatch, forward, pass on, remit, send, send on, transmit). (various references)

   

French

  

faire des adieux qn, expulser, expédier (send), envoyer (send, send away, send in), envoi (sending), dire au revoir (see off), déléguer, adieux. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ôfstjoere (dismiss, dispatch, ship, turn away). (various references)

   

German

  

expedieren (dispatch, expedite, forward, ship), absenden (dispatch, mail, post, send, sending, to send off). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατευόδωση, ξεπροβοδίζω (see off), αποστέλνω (to dispatch, to forward, to send). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשלח (deliver, dismiss, dispatch, drive out, launch, release), לש'ר (dispatch, send, ship), שלוח (despatch, dismissal, launching, sending away), ש'ור (consignment, current, dispatch, dispatching, fluent, launching, sending). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

elküld (despatch, dispatch, lay off, send, to despatch, to disband, to discard, to expedite, to forward, to order off, to remit, to send away, to send down, to send off, to ship, to shop, to turn away, to turn off, to write off), elbocsátás (discharge, dismissal, layoff, push, removal, sacking), elbocsát (disband, discharge, dismiss, displace, fire, give the sack, lay off, remove, to disband, to discard, to dismiss, to lay off, to pay off, to pipe down, to send away, to send off, to shelve, to shop, to turn away, to turn off, to unhand), búcsúztatás. (various references)

   

Italian

  

mandare (commit, consign, despatch, dispatch, drive, drop, emit, forward, get, give off, let out, send, send out, sent, to send, transmit, utter), festa di addii. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

積み出す (to send off), "送迎会 (party to welcomeand send off). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

つみ す (to send off), か"そう'いかい (party to welcomeand send off). (various references)

   

Manx

  

bannaghey (beatification, bless, greet, regards, salute, sanctification). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

endsay offay

   

Portuguese

  

enviar (commit, consign, despatch, dispatch, forward, frank, mail, refer, send, to send, transmit), despachar (bill, book, cashier, despatch, dispatch, expedite, forward, freight, send, ship, speed). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

manifestaţie de simpatie. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

хвалебная рецензия, отсылать (drive away, refer, referred, relegate, remand), прогонять (chase away, drive away, hunt away, turn away, turn back), проводы (sendoff, send-off, sendoffs), почин (handsel, initiative). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ispratiti (see off, show out), ispraćaj (sendoff). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

enviar (consign, despatch, dismiss, dispatch, envoy, extend, forward, remit, send, send away, ship, tap out, transmit, turn away), despachar (attend to, conclude, despatch, dismiss, dispatch, dispose of, expedite, finish, sack, see to, send, serve, settle, ship, toss off, transmit, turn away). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

expediera (attend to, dispatch, execute, expedite, forward, mail, post, serve, settle). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yollamak (convey, dispatch, expedite, forward, order away, send, send forth, send out, ship off, transmit), yolcu etmek (bid smb. godspeed, see, see off, speed), uğurlamak (bid farewell, bid smb. godspeed, see, see off, show out, speed), oyundan atmak, oyundan çıkarmak (order off), göndermek (address, bundle off, conjure away, consign, dispatch, expedite, forward, freight, order away, refer, relegate, remit, route, send, send away, send forth, send out, ship, ship off, transmit). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

відсилати (bundle, order, pack off, relegate, send away, ship off, trundle), влаштовувати проводи, виганяти (banish, boo, boot out, chase, dislodge, dispossess, eject, evict, exclude, exile, expel, oust, proscribe, put out of, throw out, thrust out, turn out), проводи. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Send Off

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

abiego. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Send Off

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: offends, sendoff.

Words within the letters "d-e-f-f-n-o-s"

-1 letter: offend.

-2 letters: doffs, fends, feods, fonds, nodes, nosed, offed, sonde.

-3 letters: dens, does, doff, done, dons, dose, effs, ends, eons, feds, fend, fens, feod, foes, fond, fons, node, nods, noes, nose, odes, offs, ones, send, sned, sone.

-4 letters: den, doe, don, dos, eds, eff, efs, end, ens, eon, fed, fen, foe, fon, nod, nos.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-f-f-n-o-s"
 

+1 letter: forfends, sendoffs.

 

+2 letters: forefends, offenders.

 

+4 letters: chiffonades.

 

+5 letters: disaffection, fanfaronades.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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