sending

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛndɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

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.

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.

• endings

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.dəŋ/

sending (plural sendings)

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

• sendingskool
• sendingstasie
• sendingwerk

From senda (“to send”) +‎ -ing.

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, plural sendingar)

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

• móttøka

From senda (“to send”) +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntiŋk/

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, nominative plural sendingar)

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

• orðsending
• stoðsending
• útsending
• vörusending