send word
Dispatch a message
Send word means to communicate a message to someone, typically when you can't speak to them directly.
The phrase suggests dispatching information through an intermediary, letter, or other indirect channel rather than telling someone yourself.
Send word when you arrive safely.
She sent word that the meeting was canceled.
It has an old-fashioned quality but remains in use, especially in formal or literary contexts.
- appriseTo notify formally
- notifyFormally communicate information
- tellConvey information verbally
- informGive facts to
- give noticeFormally announce resignation
relay · pass along · advise · communicate · message · drop a line · get in touch · alert · give a heads up · transmit · brief · summon · warn · courier · announce · reach out · envoy · herald
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
communication action
send wordsay nothing
Refrain from speaking
keep quiet · hold one's tongue · keep mum · remain silent · suppress