Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

send down

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables: send -down
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause something or someone to pass from a higher to a lower place.

Transitive verb

verb

To bowl.

verb

To commit (someone) to a prison term.

Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To demote a player within the levels of professional baseball.

American usage

verb

To suspend or expel (an undergraduate) from university.

British usage; Dated; Transitive verb

verb

To send a person to the countryside to become a peasant-farmer for re-education; to get in touch with the fundamental values of peasant-based communism (as opposed to urban worker-class proletariat-based communism).

Example Sentences

"Eventually she was caught, and sent down for twelve years."
"Crypto king or conman: is Sam Bankman-Fried about to be sent down for a century? [title]"
"After performing poorly for the first month of the season, he was sent down to the minor leagues."
"He was sent down from Oxford for theft."
"You climbed the wall, for which you ought to be gated; and finally, you came in blotto, for which you ought to be sent down."

Usage

Transitive verb
Slang
American usage
British usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

sent-down

Frequently Paired Words

sent-down

Synonyms

rusticate

Questions

What does send down mean?: To cause something or someone to pass from a higher to a lower place.

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