oversend
oversend verb: to send an amount greater than what is required; to oversupply.
Verb
oversend (third-person singular simple present oversends, present participle oversending, simple past and past participle oversent)
- To send an amount greater than what is required; to oversupply.
- Yes; and unfortunately sometimes we overorder, and sometimes they oversend, and much of it is thrown away.1944, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, War Bond Government Newspaper Advertising
- As much as parents oversend the message to their millennial children that they are special, there is no denying that the millennial generation is special in some ways.2014, Joanie B. Connell, Flying Without a Helicopter
- To send (a message, etc.) to too many people.
- Don't oversend. That means don't send an e-mail announcement to everyone who may have once sent you an e-mail; it also means don't overburden those who are willingly on your e-mail list because they want relevant information. Oversending e-mails is the surest way to be ignored or find your way to...2010, Harriet Diamond, Linda Eve Diamond, Perfect Phrases for Writing Company Announcements
- To send over, transmit.
- DEAR SIR I do hereby oversend you my memorandum for fall goods and an other from Dr. C. Miller for Medicine.1815 July 21, Frederick Rapp, Letter to David Shields
- On the 9th and 10th of July were our churches gathered to the ninth anniversary in Jakobstad, and the meeting, which was represented by delegates from most all of our churches, resolved to oversend their affectionate gratitude to the Missionary Union for the support which this year has been sent...1891, The Baptist Missionary Magazine - Volumes 71-72, page 442
Noun
oversend (plural oversends)
- A transmission that is larger than it should be.
- Oversends will occur occasionally, since the flow control information is always slightly out of date and it is possible for the receiver to withdraw flow control credits.1977, Proceedings - Volume 5, page 4-60
Examples of oversend in a sentence
- Oversending e-mails is the surest way to be ignored or find your way to the junk mail file.2010, Harriet Diamond, Linda Eve Diamond, Perfect Phrases for Writing Company Announcements:
- Hoffmann, of Prague, I oversend you with this an exemplar of the 'épreuves corrigées' of Labitzky's waltz, Op. 86.1913, The English Reports: Common Pleas, page 1119:
- […] which of my publications are already in your possession, or whether you read German or which way I could the best oversend them, in return of your liberality I hope for information.1924, Annals of Medical History - Volume 6, page 385:
Forms of oversend
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | oversends |
| present participle | oversending |
| past participle | oversent |
| past | oversent |
| Noun | |
| plural | oversends |
Origin of oversend
From Middle English oversenden (“to send over, transmit”), from Old English ofersendan (“to transmit”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *sandijaną (“to send”), corresponding to over- + send. Cognate with Middle Dutch oversenden (“to send over”), German übersenden (“to send, transmit”).
Words formed from oversend
Questions about oversend
- What does oversend mean?
- Oversend means to send an amount greater than what is required; to oversupply.
- How do you use oversend in a sentence?
- Oversending e-mails is the surest way to be ignored or find your way to the junk mail file.
- What part of speech is oversend?
- Oversend can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of oversend?
- The past tense of oversend is oversent.
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