send word en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To notify by a delivered message.
The king sent word to his enemy that he would not back down.
It is almost two o'clock, instead of 1.35, and the stationmaster is begged to send word to Riccarton about the Carlisle connection.
1956 December, Michael Robbins, “End of the Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 810:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sends word | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sent word | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sent word | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sending word | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
cmn 捎信 (notify via a delivered message) · cmn 轉告 /转告 (notify via a delivered message) · hu üzen (notify via a delivered message) · pl powiadamiać (notify via a delivered message) · pt notificar (notify via a delivered message) · fi lähettää sana (notify via a delivered message) · pl zawiadamiać (notify via a delivered message) · pl zawiadomić (notify via a delivered message) · sv hälsa (notify via a delivered message) · ang ǣrendian (notify via a delivered message) · pl powiadomić (notify via a delivered message)