resend

See also: re-send

English

Alternative forms

• re-send

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (verb) /ɹiːˈsɛnd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛnd
• IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈɹiːsɛnd/

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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.

Derived terms

• resendable
• resender

Translations

send again

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重發 / 重发 (zh) (chóngfā), 重寄 (zh) (chóngjì) (a piece of correspondence)

• Finnish: uudelleenlähettää, lähettää uudelleen
• French: renvoyer (fr)
• Spanish: reenviar (es) m

send back — see also return

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 退還 / 退还 (zh) (tuìhuán)

• Finnish: lähettää takaisin

forward something received (especially a message) — see also send

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轉發 / 转发 (zh) (zhuǎnfā)

• Finnish: edelleenlähettää, lähettää edelleen

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• French: renvoyer (fr)

Noun

resend (plural resends)

1. (computing) The act of sending again.
   • 2007, Yang Xiao, WiMAX/MobileFi: Advanced Research and Technology, page 99:

     If the BS reaches its maximum number of resends, it initiates another full authentication or drops the SS.

Anagrams

• dreens, rensed, Enders, Rendes, denser, enders, sender, Sender, Dresen