sender

«sender» in Mova's school dictionary: the person who sends a letter, parcel, message or email — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sender, senders)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sender is the person who sends a letter, parcel, message or email. tree →

2) (sport/slang, informal) In some sports, a «send» or «sender» is a big, bold jump. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: «Return to sender» on letters; emails show who the sender is. In online safety: do not open messages from unknown senders. Phrases: «return to sender», «unknown sender».

examples

• The letter came back marked «Return to sender». tree →
• Check the sender before you open an email. tree →
• Don't reply to messages from unknown senders. tree →
• The sender forgot to write the address. tree →
• The sender paid £3 for postage. tree →
• Who was the sender of this birthday card? tree →
• I should be obliged if the sender would communicate with me. tree →

note

Opposite: receiver or recipient. Online safety: if you do not know the sender, tell an adult before opening any link.

In the corpora

• You do not reply to mean messages; you save them, block the sender and report them.
• A broadcast, such as radio or television, sends the same message from one sender to many people at once.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sender» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.