English

Verb

sending

1. present participle 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.

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• endings

Faroese

Etymology

From senda ‎(“to send”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, plural sendingar)

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

Declension

Antonyms

• móttøka

Derived terms

• brævasending
• virðissending
• hópsending
• pakkasending
• skundsending
• sjónvarpssending
• útvarpssending
• tíðindasending
• dátusending

Related terms

• flutningur
• brævaflutningur
• pakkaflutningur
• postflutningur
• sjónvarpsskrá
• útvarpsskrá
• sendiferð
• fjarskifti
• samskifti

Icelandic

Etymology

From senda ‎(“to send”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

sending f ‎(genitive singular sendingar, nominative plural sendingar)

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

Declension

Derived terms

• orðsending
• stoðsending
• útsending
• vörusending