resend
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
re- + send. Attested since the 1550s.[1]
PronunciationEdit
- (verb) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈsɛnd/
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- Rhymes: -ɛnd
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːsɛnd/
Audio (UK) (file)
VerbEdit
resend (third-person singular simple present resends, present participle resending, simple past and past participle resent)
- (transitive) To send again.
- I didn't get your email. You'll have to resend it.
- (transitive) To send back.
- (transitive) To forward (something received), especially a message.
TranslationsEdit
send again
send back
forward something received (especially a message)
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NounEdit
resend (plural resends)
- (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.
- 2007, Yang Xiao, WiMAX/MobileFi: Advanced Research and Technology (page 99)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “resend”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.