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send off en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Alternative form of sendoff. ▸ farewell party
    • The neighbor's send off party has been described and our almost daily excitement was getting to read the letter scheduled for that day. 2007, Howard K. Nielsen, Whatta Life, →ISBN, page 15:
    • She couldn't see the Met giving her a first class send off. 2014, Roy Chadwick, Off Balance, →ISBN:
  2. Alternative form of sendoff. ▸ funeral or memorial service
    • Many family members have expressed to me that their deceased loved one would have enjoyed a less-than-traditional send off — more of a party atmosphere than the normal visitation and ceremony complete with traditional hymns and a consoling sermon from a man of the cloth. 2006, Robert D. Webster, Does This Mean You'll See Me Naked?, →ISBN:
    • This is, of course, a motivating send off, one that encourages and uplifts your followers. 2006, Eric G. Stephan, R. Wayne Pace, To Lead as Jesus Led, →ISBN, page 51:
  3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of send-off.
    alt of send-off
    • To administer a send off the referee must stop play and signify the action by showing the offending player a red card. 1994, Michael L. LaBlanc, Richard Henshaw, The world encyclopedia of soccer, →ISBN, page 389:
    • Send offs in a final match Pedro Monzon (ARG) and Gustavo Dezotti (ARG) 2 2014, Novy Kapadia, The Football Fanatic’s Essential Guide Part 3, →ISBN:
    • In 1998, Paul Adams of South Africa was caught on video replay by the third umpire giving a send off to a batter. 2005, David Fraser, Cricket and the Law: The Man in White is Always Right, →ISBN, page 287:

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send offs Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

sendoff

send off en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To send; to dispatch.
    • While it's tempting to send off an email in response to something that has angered or disappointed you, resist the urge. 2012, Jeffrey L. Seglin, Edward Coleman, The AMA Handbook of Business Letters, →ISBN, page 40:
    • Have you sent off your application yet?
    • After a medical procedure I will send off a sister ship to the sphere with the sickened savages. 2011, Henry Westwood, AD ASTRA PER ASPERA, →ISBN, page 146:
  2. (intransitive) Synonym of send away (“to dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered”).
    • I'm going to send off for one of these fancy new wigs.
  3. To emit; to emanate.
    • The human brain can send off power by thoughts and prayers. 2003, Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results, →ISBN:
  4. To show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area.
    • Down in the stands, Dean Thomas was yelling, "Send him off, ref! Red card!" 2004, Lana A. Whited, The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon, →ISBN:
    • England secured their place at Euro 2012 with a scrambled draw in Montenegro - but Wayne Rooney was sent off and will miss the start of the tournament. 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
    • Just like he did when he reffed our clash with Chelsea when he failed to send off Eto'o for a kneehigh lunge on Henderson. 2014, Neil Collins, Make Us Dream: A Fan's View of the 2013/14 Season, →ISBN, page 271:
    • Fehily blows the whistle and Ronan's going, 'Think he has a nose bleed, Fadder,' and all the other parents are going, 'He struck him, referee! Send him off!' and Fehily's giving it, 'I didn't see the incident,' lying, of course, just like he used to lie for me. 2007, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade, →ISBN:
  5. To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff.
  6. A way of celebrating a batsman's wicket usually with some hand gestures that can result in paying a fine.
    • There was no flourish of trumpets and drums to send us off, no cheering crowds. 2009, Craig M. Mullaney, The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education, →ISBN:
    • The woman – tall, busty and seriously Afroed – had come to the door alone upon his arrival, but all the kids had poured out of the house with her to send him off when he left, just before midnight. 2011, Gar Anthony Haywood, Cemetery Road, →ISBN:
    • At the pier along Yokohama Harbor about 250 of our classmates, carrying the school flag before them, came to send off Uchimura and me. 2012, Seiichi Higashide, Adios to Tears, →ISBN:

Forms

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sending off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sends off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sent off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sent off Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

send away

Translations (17)

fi ajaa ulos (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · sv få rött kort (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · hu kiállít (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · nl wegsturen (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · it espellere (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · ru удали́ть (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · hu leküld (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · sv visa ut (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · sv utvisa (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · fi antaa punainen kortti (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · nl een rode kaart geven (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · es expulsar (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · vi đuổi (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · de die rote Karte zeigen (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · pt expulsar (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · fr expulser (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card) · hu leléptet (sports, soccer: to give someone a red card)