send offverb/sɛnˈdɒf/

• 1

  To send; to dispatch.

  • Have you sent off your application yet?
  • After a medical procedure I will send off a sister ship to the sphere with the sickened savages.
• 2

  Synonym of send away (“to dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered”).

  • I'm going to send off for one of these fancy new wigs.
• 3

  To emit; to emanate.

  • The human brain can send off power by thoughts and prayers.
• 4

  hobbieslifestylesportsTo show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area.

  • Down in the stands, Dean Thomas was yelling, "Send him off, ref! Red card!"
  • Fehily blows the whistle and Ronan's going, 'Think he has a nose bleed, Fadder,' and all the other parents are going, 'He struck him, referee! Send him off!' and Fehily's giving it, 'I didn't see the incident,' lying, of course, just like he used to lie for me.
• 5

  To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff.

• 6

  ball-gamescricketgamesA way of celebrating a batsman's wicket usually with some hand gestures that can result in paying a fine.

  • There was no flourish of trumpets and drums to send us off, no cheering crowds.
  • The woman – tall, busty and seriously Afroed – had come to the door alone upon his arrival, but all the kids had poured out of the house with her to send him off when he left, just before midnight.

send offnoun/ˈsɛn.dɒf/

• 1

  Alternative form of sendoff.

  • The neighbor's send off party has been described and our almost daily excitement was getting to read the letter scheduled for that day.
  • She couldn't see the Met giving her a first class send off.
• 2

  Alternative form of sendoff.

  • This is, of course, a motivating send off, one that encourages and uplifts your followers.
  • Many family members have expressed to me that their deceased loved one would have enjoyed a less-than-traditional send off — more of a party atmosphere than the normal visitation and ceremony complete with traditional hymns and a consoling sermon from a man of the cloth.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• send-off