What is another word for sent for?

Pronunciation: [sˈɛnt fɔː] (IPA)

Sent for is a common English phrase used to describe when someone has requested or invited another person to come to them. However, there are several synonyms for this phrase that can be used to add variety and clarity to your writing. Some examples include summon, call for, request the presence of, beckon, and ask to report. Each of these phrases has a slightly different connotation, so it's important to choose the right one for your specific context. By using synonyms for sent for, you can make your writing more interesting and engaging while accurately conveying the message you want to communicate.

What are the hypernyms for Sent for?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for sent for?

The antonyms for "sent for" are "discarded," "ignored," "dismissed," "rejected," and "overlooked." These words imply that the subject of a request or summons was not heeded, or was deemed unworthy of attention or action. "Discarded" connotes that the object was considered unimportant and disregarded. "Ignored" suggests that a request was acknowledged but not responded to. "Dismissed" implies that the matter was dealt with unsatisfactorily, or not taken seriously. "Rejected" implies that the request was responded to negatively. Lastly, "overlooked" means that something was missed or not noticed, and hence no action or response was taken.

What are the antonyms for Sent for?

Famous quotes with Sent for

  • The weather became so intensely cold that we sent for all the hunters who had remained out with captain Clarke's party, and they returned in the evening several of them frostbitten.
    Meriwether Lewis
  • The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor.
    Johnny Weissmuller
  • No.3 Commando was very anxious to be chums with Lord Glasgow, so they offered to blow up an old tree stump for him and he was very grateful and said don't spoil the plantation of young trees near it because that is the apple of my eye and they said no of course not we can blow a tree down so it falls on a sixpence and Lord Glasgow said goodness you are clever and he asked them all to luncheon for the great explosion. So Col. Durnford-Slater DSO said to his subaltern, have you put enough explosive in the tree?. Yes, sir, 75lbs. Is that enough? Yes sir I worked it out by mathematics it is exactly right. Well better put a bit more. Very good sir. And when Col. D Slater DSO had had his port he sent for the subaltern and said subaltern better put a bit more explosive in that tree. I don't want to disappoint Lord Glasgow. Very good sir. Then they all went out to see the explosion and Col. DS DSO said you will see that tree fall flat at just the angle where it will hurt no young trees and Lord Glasgow said goodness you are clever. So soon they lit the fuse and waited for the explosion and presently the tree, instead of falling quietly sideways, rose 50 feet into the air taking with it ½ acre of soil and the whole young plantation. And the subaltern said Sir, I made a mistake, it should have been 7½ not 75. Lord Glasgow was so upset he walked in dead silence back to his castle and when they came to the turn of the drive in sight of his castle what should they find but that every pane of glass in the building was broken. So Lord Glasgow gave a little cry and ran to hide his emotions in the lavatory and there when he pulled the plug the entire ceiling, loosened by the explosion, fell on his head. This is quite true.
    Evelyn Waugh
  • I take it for granted, when I am invited to lecture anywhere, — for I have had a little experience in that business, — that there is a desire to hear what I on some subject, though I may be the greatest fool in the country, — and not that I should say pleasant things merely, or such as the audience will assent to; and I resolve, accordingly, that I will give them a strong dose of myself. They have sent for me, and engaged to pay for me, and I am determined that they shall have me, though I bore them beyond all precedent.
    Henry David Thoreau
  • I sent for some dinner and there dined, Mrs. Margaret Pen being by, to whom I had spoke to go along with us to a play this afternoon, and then to the King's Theatre, where we saw 'Midsummer's Night's Dream', which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.
    William Shakespeare

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