sent
1 Americanverb
noun
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senti,
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sents
plural
verb
noun
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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
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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On Saturday I addressed the crew, congratulated them on a magnificent job, and sent them home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The USS George Washington, the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is being pulled from the western Pacific and sent toward the Middle East to replace the Lincoln.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Six months ago, any one of those factors would have sent oil prices back above $100 a barrel.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
He then sent out the names of the districts being targeted, quietly lamenting a few typos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Government officials had no idea what to do with Early, so they sent him to Port Townsend, Washington, to serve as a caretaker for another leper.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
"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
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
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
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
God is the divine Principle of all that repre- 272:30 sents Him and of all that really exists.
From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
Pasch for his mark hath the Resurrection: Ayenst Hally-Thursday is pented Chraist's ascension: Thus in mayn own buke ay is a gude clerk; But gif the sents war gone, the cat had eat my mark.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
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