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Narrator: Today's word is "Sender" — noun, pronounced /ˈsendə(r)/, with the stress on "send".
Narrator: A sender is a person or organisation that sends a letter, message or parcel.
Narrator: In plain English, it is who it came from.
Narrator: It comes from send plus -er.
Narrator: A common collocation is "return to sender", which describes sending post back.
Narrator: It differs from "author", because an author writes, while a sender sends.
Narrator: In a second sense, in email systems the sender address can be faked in phishing.
Narrator: Post, email, messaging and security all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: the sender is where it starts.
Speaker A: Who is this parcel from?
Speaker B: Check the SENDER on the label! Send plus -er.
Speaker A: No name?
Speaker B: Just a return address.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Return to sender", post. "Block this sender", email. "The sender pays postage", shipping.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it with "-er", "sender", not "sendor".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Dispatcher is its cousin, originator its twin, and correspondent an alternative — yet sender keeps its prompt charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "sender" in AI prompts — useful for email filters and delivery apps.
Speaker A: How for email?
Speaker B: Filter.
Prompt: Flag emails whose sender domain does not match the display name.
Speaker A: And delivery?
Speaker B: Labels.
Prompt: Design a shipping label with clear sender and recipient sections.
Speaker A: Could it help chat apps?
Speaker B: Yes, for display.
Prompt: Show each message with the sender’s name, avatar and time.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Security.
Prompt: Explain how SPF and DKIM verify an email sender.
Sender — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary