Sent - English meaning

noun

The particulars of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated.

Usage examples:

They exchanged addresses and agreed to keep in touch

verb

Write the name and address of the intended recipient on (an envelope, letter, or parcel).

Usage examples:

I addressed my letter to him personally

verb

The place where a person or organization can be found

noun

A system of transporting mail by aircraft, typically overseas.

Usage examples:

Instructions were sent by airmail

verb

Send (mail) by aircraft.

Usage examples:

I have a sheaf of letters to airmail

noun

A system of sending letters and packages by aircraft

verb

Transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television.

Usage examples:

The announcement was broadcast live

noun

A radio or television programme or transmission.

Usage examples:

The queen's annual christmas tv broadcast

adjective

Relating to radio or television programmes.

Usage examples:

A broadcast journalist

verb

Share or exchange information, news, or ideas.

Usage examples:

The prisoner was forbidden to communicate with his family

verb

Transfer to another

verb

To give messages or information to others through speech, writing, body movements, or signals

Usage examples:

[ t ] she said we should communicate our requests in writing rather than over the telephone., [ i ]…

verb

Deliver (something) to a person's keeping.

Usage examples:

He consigned three paintings to sotheby's

verb

To give or send, or to put someone in an unpleasant place or situation

Usage examples:

She refused to consign her children to a life of poverty.

verb

To send goods or documents to a person or company

Usage examples:

Consign sth to sb the goods will be consigned to you by air freight., most items that you consign t…

verb

Transport or carry to a place.

Usage examples:

Pipes were laid to convey water to the house

verb

To express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people

Usage examples:

His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion., convey something to someone please convey …

verb

To take or carry someone or something to a particular place

Usage examples:

The goods are usually conveyed by rail., convey something to someone could you convey a message to …

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

verb

Send off to a destination or for a purpose.

Usage examples:

He dispatched messages back to base

noun

The sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose.

Usage examples:

A resolution authorizing the dispatch of a peacekeeping force

verb

To send someone or something to a place for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Within seconds the university police can identify the exact origin of the alarm and dispatch office…

verb

Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.

Usage examples:

He got into his car and drove off

noun

(of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate.

Usage examples:

He was driven by ambition

verb

To travel in a motor vehicle, esp. as the person who operates it

Usage examples:

[ t ] we drove 40 miles to visit my aunt., [ i ] she drove through pennsylvania to ohio., [ i ] she…

adverb

In the direction that one is facing or travelling; towards the front.

Usage examples:

He started up the engine and the car moved forward

adjective

Directed or facing towards the front or the direction that one is facing or travelling.

Usage examples:

Forward flight

noun

An attacking player in football, hockey, or other sports.

Usage examples:

Hockey should follow suit with special coaches for goalkeepers, defenders, halfbacks and forwards.

noun

Letters and parcels sent by post.

Usage examples:

I did not receive any mail

verb

Send (a letter or parcel) by post.

Usage examples:

Three editions were mailed to our members

noun

Armour made of metal rings or plates joined together flexibly.

Usage examples:

A coat of mail

verb

Form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create.

Usage examples:

My grandmother made a dress for me

noun

The manufacturer or trade name of a product.

Usage examples:

The make, model, and year of his car

verb

Perform or carry out

noun

A telephone.

Usage examples:

A few seconds later the phone rang

verb

Contact someone by phone.

Usage examples:

He phoned her at work

noun

A speech sound; the smallest discrete segment of sound in a stream of speech.

Usage examples:

It has been shown that enlarging the phone set and using more alternative symbols to represent part…

noun

A long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker.

Usage examples:

Follow the blue posts until the track meets a road

verb

Display (a notice) in a public place.

Usage examples:

A curt notice had been posted on the door

adverb

With haste.

Usage examples:

Come now, come post

verb

Direct (something) to a new or different place or purpose.

Usage examples:

Get the post office to redirect your mail

noun

An instance of redirecting something from one address to another, such as an email or a url for a web page.

Usage examples:

When you're in australia entering google.com into your browser will usually result in a redirect to…

verb

To use money, assets, etc. for a different purpose from the one they were originally intended for

Usage examples:

Redirect sth (from sth) to sth cost savings have allowed companies to redirect resources to other p…

verb

Cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment).

Usage examples:

The excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted

noun

The task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization.

Usage examples:

The committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit

verb

To send money to someone

Usage examples:

Please remit payment by the 15th of the month.

noun

A system for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio, by converting acoustic vibrations to electrical signals.

Usage examples:

A telephone call

verb

Contact (someone) using the telephone.

Usage examples:

He telephoned his wife at 9.30

verb

Electronic equipment that transmits sound over distances

verb

Transmit by television.

Usage examples:

The network chose not to televise the opening ceremony

verb

To broadcast an event or show on television

Usage examples:

The game will be televised live from cincinnati., a televised speech

verb

Cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another.

Usage examples:

Knowledge is transmitted from teacher to pupil