sent
1 Americanverb
noun
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senti,
plural
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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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Guard Gradey Dick, a piece of the offseason trade that sent Leonard back to Toronto, was far more productive with 12 points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
More coach package tickets were sold for certain departures than there are seats available, according to an email See Tickets sent to customers.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Even if an alternative is found, many drones designed to fly with Starshield would have to be sent back to their manufacturers and reconfigured, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
That constricted supplies and sent global prices soaring from less than $500 to more than $3,000 per metric tonne.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
At his side Harry snorted and Sarah sent her a quick smile before turning back to Chitto.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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