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THESAURUS
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RELATED WORDS : send send a message send around send away send back send down send forth send in send off send on send out send packing send word

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb send for has 1 sense

• send for(v = verb.communication) call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"
is one way to enjoin, order, say, tell
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot send for Sue

THESAURUS

send for

bid come, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, cite, conjure, conjure up, convene, convoke, demand, evoke, indent, invoke, muster, muster up, order up, page, preconize, recall, requisition, send after, serve, subpoena, summon, summon forth, summon up, summons

ROGET THESAURUS

send for

Command

VB command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders, prescribe, set, appoint, mark out, set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task, set to work, put in requisition, bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct, require at the hands of, exact, impose, tax, task, demand, insist on, claim, lay claim to, revendicate, reclaim, cite, summon, call for, send for, subpoena, beckon, issue a command, make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order, give the word of command, give the word, give the signal, call to order, give the law, lay down the law, assume the command, remand, be ordered, receive an order.

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