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resend

/ɹiːˈsɛnd/

resend verb: to send again.

Verb

resend (third-person singular simple present resends, present participle resending, simple past and past participle resent)

  1. (transitive) To send again.
    • I didn't get your email. You'll have to resend it.
  2. (transitive) To send back.
  3. (transitive) To forward (something received), especially a message.

Noun

IPA/ˈɹiːsɛnd/

resend (plural resends)

  1. The act of sending again.
    • If the BS reaches its maximum number of resends, it initiates another full authentication or drops the SS.2007, Yang Xiao, WiMAX/MobileFi: Advanced Research and Technology, page 99

Forms of resend

Verb
third-person singular presentresends
present participleresending
past participleresent
pastresent
alternative formre-send
Noun
pluralresends

Past tense of resend: resent

Origin of resend

From re- + send. Attested since the 1550s.

Words formed from resend

Words that rhyme with resend

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Questions about resend

What does resend mean?
Resend means to send again.
What part of speech is resend?
Resend can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce resend?
Resend is pronounced /ɹiːˈsɛnd/.
What is the past tense of resend?
The past tense of resend is resent.

Words near resend in the dictionary

  1. reseminate
  2. reseminated
  3. reseminates
  4. reseminating
  5. Resen
  6. resend
  7. resendable
  8. Resende
  9. resender
  10. resenders
  11. Resendes

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