sending

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Englisch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛndɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

Verb

sending

  1. present participle and gerund of send
    • 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:
      One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools [] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school.

Nomen

sending (plural sendings)

  1. The act by which somebody or something is sent.
    • 2008, Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent:
      Both Matthew and Luke have three sendings of servants, but the narratives are framed differently. Matthew has two sendings of servants (plural) to the original guests, two excuses offered for the refusal, and one sending of servants to the substitute guests.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zending, from Middle Dutch sendinge. Equivalent to send +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Nomen

sending (plural sendings)

  1. (Protestantism) mission (proselytisation)
  2. mission, task, objective
  3. something sent

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From senda (to send) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Nomen

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, plural sendingar)

  1. (post, transport) delivery, mail
  2. (media) program (news, shows etc., broadcast on radio or television)
  3. (communication) transmission (data etc.)
  4. (sports) pass, shot

Declension

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sending sendingin sendingar sendingarnar
Accusative sending sendingina sendingar sendingarnar
Dative sending sendingini sendingum sendingunum
Genitive sendingar sendingarinnar sendinga sendinganna

Antonyms

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From senda (to send) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Nomen

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, nominative plural sendingar)

  1. sending, dispatching
  2. shipment, consignment
  3. (sports) pass

Declension

Derived terms