Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

send back

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables: send back
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To return (something) to its origin.

Transitive verb

verb

To remind (someone) of a previous time in the past.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I sent the video back to the store, as it was damaged."
"The 20-year-old speaks only a little Korean and has no South Korean friends. She has yet to travel alone beyond Seoul and often spends time chatting online with her friends back in China. Her mother fled their home in Dunhua city in northeastern China in early 2017 after seeing a fellow North Korean woman in their village being arrested and sent back to North Korea."
"That song sends me back to the 1970s."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

sends back (present, singular) sending back (participle, present) sent back (participle, past) sent back (past)

Synonyms

return remit remand

Questions

What does send back mean?: To return (something) to its origin.

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