utsända
Utsända is a Swedish verb meaning to send out or dispatch, and it can refer to sending people, goods, or information from one place to another, as well as to broadcasting or disseminating a program. The term is formed from ut- meaning “out” and sända meaning “to send.” In formal language, utsända can also denote a person sent on assignment, such as a government or organizational envoy or a journalist stationed abroad (en utsänd). The related noun utsändning refers to a broadcast or transmission, or to the act of sending someone on assignment.
- When a government or organization sends someone to a foreign country, the person is described as
- In media and broadcasting contexts, utsändning describes a broadcast or transmission; for example a radio or
- In everyday Swedish, more common verbs for sending out are skicka ut or avskicka; utsända tends
Differences with related terms:
- Sända is the base verb meaning “to send”; utsända adds a sense of outward dispatch, often to
- Avsända also means to send or dispatch, typically with a nuance of sending away or dispatching
- sända
- avsända