sent

¹ American  

[sent] / sɛnt /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of send.

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sent ² American  

[sent] / sɛnt /

noun

• senti,
  plural
• sents
  plural

1. a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a kroon.

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sent ¹ British  

/ sɛnt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of send 1 send 2

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sent ² British  

/ sɛnt /

noun

1. a monetary unit of Estonia, worth one hundredth of a kroon

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• senti
  plural
• sents
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of sent

First recorded in 1925–30; from Estonian senti (compare Finnish sentti ), from Latin centum “hundred”; see centum ¹

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Explanation

Something that's sent has been delivered or mailed, like a sent package of cookies that you dropped off earlier at the post office. The adjective sent can be used to describe things that are on their way to a certain destination. You might find a message inside a bottle on the beach, which you read again after your sent reply is bobbing on the waves in its own bottle. Sent is also the past participle of the verb send, from the Old English root sendan, "send forth, throw, or impel."

Example Sentences

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sent senti sents

Authorities are investigating a series of letters containing suspicious substances sent to congressional and election offices in several states, US media reported.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Notices sent by tokenized trading platforms to corporate emails or postal addresses are potentially not actively monitored, and failing to respond within 30 days is treated as tacit consent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In this case, a trusted family member or friend can be enormously helpful for receiving the occasional piece of mail, replacement credit card or other documents that still must be sent the old-fashioned way.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

A possible match was sent to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, but it wasn’t considered close enough to be a compelling match, Rouse said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

He’d sent the badger toward every single realm.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

"Vecchia zimarra, senti" the bass "Coat Song" from La Boheme, and "Magische Note," an aria from Goldmark's Queen of Sheba that contains a rare recorded example of Caruso's using falsetto, are the most unusual items.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Signore noi ci siamo sole, nessuno ci senti," remarked the Signora encouragingly.

From Humour of the North by Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone) Burpee

I have seen him myself,' was his only comment; and to all questionings but one reply was vouchsafed: 'Deux fois je l'ai vu: mille fois je l'ai senti.'

From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James

Her Breath is her owne, which sents all the Yeere long of June, like a new made Hay-cocke.

From A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) by Alexander H. Chorney

I guess the edittur was mad, wen he paid 50 sents charges, and found out it warnt no berthday present.

From The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

German" legend ran thus:— "Goot rost benuts ish incite, nein sents a quoort.

From Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews

They say there goin to charge three sents for a letter pretty soon.

From Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie by G. William Breck

By the immortel Chofe!" he would say, "dat letell ding sents me mad vid her big ice!

From Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray

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