English > send for: 1 sense > verb 1, communicationMeaning | Order, request, or command to come. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
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Model | Sam cannot send for Sue |
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Synonym | call |
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Narrower | beep | Call, summon, or alert with a beeper |
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call in | summon to a particular activity or employment |
call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally | Call to arms |
hail | call for |
lift | Call to stop the hunt / hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs |
muster | Call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc. |
recall, call back | summon to return |
summon, summons, cite | call in an official matter, such as to attend court |
summon | ask to come |
Broader | order, tell, enjoin, say | Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority |
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Similar to | call | Order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role |
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call | Call a meeting |
Spanish | requerir |
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Catalan | requerir, ser requerit |
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