sent

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/ sɛnt /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of send¹.

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sensually, sensum, sensuous, sensuously, Sensurround, sent, sente, sentence, sentence adverb, sentence connector, sentence fragment

Other definitions for sent (2 of 2)

sent²

[ sent ]

/ sɛnt /

noun, plural sent·i

[sen-tee], /ˈsɛn ti/, sents.

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

Origin of sent

First recorded in 1925–30; from Estonian senti (compare Finnish sentti ), from Latin centum “hundred”; see centum¹

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How to use sent in a sentence

This automatically makes your money less valuable and transfer fees in receiving countries can vary between 10 and 20 percent of the sent amount.
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From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.
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I suspect [Teresa] will get money sent in to her, so she can shop at the commissary.
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Leelah Alcorn's message was sent, and heard, and things started changing.
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President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to force Faubus to admit the students to Central High School.
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I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
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The Spaniards captured two schooners, having on board 22 officers and 30 men, all of whom were hanged or sent to the mines.
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Undesirable inhabitants of the country are being sent away, especially the Japanese, who are more dangerous than the Chinese.
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Twice a year the formal invitation was sent out by the old nobleman to his only son, and to his two nephews.
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Messa urges the king to send a new governor, and gives his advice as to the character of him who should be sent.
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British Dictionary definitions for sent (1 of 2)

sent¹

/ (sɛnt) /

verb

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

British Dictionary definitions for sent (2 of 2)

sent²

/ (sɛnt) /

noun plural -ti

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

Word Origin for sent

C19: ultimately from Chinese ch'ien coin

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