sender

UK /ˈsɛndɚ/ US /ˈsɛndɚ/

noun 2name 1

Definitions

noun

Someone who sends.

The package was addressed to someone we didn't know, so we returned it to the sender.

A device or component that transmits, as in telegraphy or computer networks.

name

A surname from German.

Collocations

ADJ.

happy, mean, single, unknown

The email came from an unknown sender, so I deleted it without reading it.

VERB + SENDER

addresses, decoding, displayed, names, paid, return

The email displayed the sender's name and address at the top of the message.

SENDER + NOUN

addressee, classmate, recipient, recipients, s

The sender and recipient agreed to meet at the coffee shop after work.

PREP.

from

The email was returned to the sender from the mail server due to an incorrect address.

ADV.

really

The email sender really didn't include enough detail for us to understand the full request.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — set used to broadcast radio or tv signals

transmitter

noun — someone who transmits a message

transmitter

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The package was addressed to someone we didn't know, so we returned it to the sender.

Wiktionary

Sophie had been looking forward to getting another letter from the unknown sender.

Tatoeba · #43238

They confused the names of the sender and the addressee.

Tatoeba · #306584

A mailbag from a single sender addressed to one recipient, as the name suggests, is for delivering a bag of printed matter.

Tatoeba · #327875

What a strange message! There is no sender and no recipients either.

Tatoeba · #1415910

Return to sender.

Tatoeba · #4624569

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