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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/#m1)

2) (sport/slang, informal) In some sports, a «send» or «sender» is a big, bold jump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/#x1)
- Check the sender before you open an email. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/#x2)
- Don't reply to messages from unknown senders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/#x3)
- The sender forgot to write the address. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/#x4)
- The sender paid £3 for postage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/#x5)
- Who was the sender of this birthday card? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/#x6)
- I should be obliged if the sender would communicate with me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/15/)
- [A broadcast, such as radio or television, sends the same message from one sender to many people at once.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/100-communication-letters-to-internet/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sender» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.