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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 my mail.

So sending something by mail to send to cause something to move from one place to another place by mail or by email?

Did you okay, examples of this Send me the files.

I sent my friend a postcard.

Yeah, let's look at the congregations for this firm present.

Send sends past sent past participle sent progressive sending.

Now let's look at some additional meanings for this firm.

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 to 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 scent.

Let's go on to these second additional meaning of this verb for this lesson.

The second additional meeting for this lesson is to cause someone to do something or to cause something toe 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 to 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 airplane is not study.

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.

Let's move along now to some variations of how to use this firm, there are quite a few Let's look at the 1st 1 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, ah, 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, Ah, 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 when the first example sentence, it's about sending a stake back to a kitchen.

So, in other words, there was a problem with the steak, and the diner sent back the stakes so Well, actually, divide this phrase ill verb 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 s so I'm going to give it back to you.

I'm going to return it to its earlier location with you.

Ah, 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 and 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 that.

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 there.

There are 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 air, a few variations and a few maybe additional meanings, Some new meanings, maybe of the verb send.

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And I hope you picked up something new that you can use.

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