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How to spell send

hear itsend/sɛnd/verbRules and real life

What it means: Cause to be directed or transmitted.

In a sentence: Please send a letter to your friend.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as sedn or sent.

Same family: sends, sending, sent, sender, message. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Send comes from Old English "sendan," meaning to cause to go or to dispatch. It is related to old Germanic words for a messenger or mission, highlighting its long connection with communication and carrying messages.

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