send out
B1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To mail or distribute something to many people, or to produce and release a signal or smell.
Meanings
1 B1 neutral
To distribute something to a number of people, especially by post or email.
"We sent out over three hundred invitations to the conference."
Grammar: separable
2 B2
idiomatic
neutral
To emit or produce a signal, light, sound, or smell.
"The flowers sent out a sweet fragrance that filled the entire room."
Grammar: separable
3 B1 neutral
To dispatch someone from a place to do a task somewhere else.
"The editor sent out her best reporter to cover the story."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Very common in business contexts (send out invitations, newsletters, reminders). Also used for emitting signals, light, or sound.
Commonly used with
invitations newsletter signal reminders brochures distress call
Forms
Base
send out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
sends out
he/she/it
Past simple
sent out
yesterday
Past participle
sent out
have + pp
-ing form
sending out
continuous
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Synonyms
distribute dispatch circulate issue emit broadcast
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