Meanings
present singular third person sends word · participle present sending word · participle past sent word · past sent word
- idiomaticTo notify by a delivered message.
The king sent word to his enemy that he would not back down.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 捎信, 轉告 /转告
- 捎信 (shāoxìn)notify via a delivered message
- 轉告 /转告 (zhuǎngào)notify via a delivered message
Finnish lähettää sana
- lähettää sananotify via a delivered message
Hungarian üzen
- üzennotify via a delivered message
Polish zawiadamiać, zawiadomić
- zawiadamiaćnotify via a delivered message
- zawiadomićnotify via a delivered message
- powiadamiaćnotify via a delivered message
- powiadomićnotify via a delivered message
Portuguese notificar
- notificarnotify via a delivered message
Swedish hälsa
- hälsanotify via a delivered message
Cite this entry
send word. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20word
“send word.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20word. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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