sent

[ sent ]

/ sɛnt /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of send¹.

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sent

[ sent ]

/ sɛnt /

noun, plural sent·i [sen-tee] /ˈsɛn ti/, sents.

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

Origin of sent

< Estonian senti (compare Finnish sentti) < Latin centum hundred; see centum¹

Definition for sent (3 of 5)

send

[ send ]

/ sɛnd /

verb (used with object), sent, send·ing.

to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.

to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination: to send a letter.

to order, direct, compel, or force to go: The president sent troops to Asia.

to direct, propel, or deliver to a particular point, position, condition, or direction: to send a punch to the jaw; The punch sent the fighter reeling.

to emit, discharge, or utter (usually followed by off, out, or through): The lion sent a roar through the jungle.

to cause to occur or befall: The people beseeched Heaven to send peace to their war-torn village.

Electricity.

to transmit (a signal).
to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses.

Slang. to delight or excite: Frank Sinatra's records used to send her.

verb (used without object), sent, send·ing.

to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc.

Electricity. to transmit a signal: The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies.

Verb Phrases

send down, British. to expel, especially from Oxford or Cambridge.

send for, to request the coming or delivery of; summon: If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor.

send forth,

to produce; bear; yield: plants sending forth new leaves.
to dispatch out of a country as an export.
to issue, as a publication: They have sent forth a report to the stockholders.
to emit or discharge: The flowers sent forth a sweet odor.

send in, to cause to be dispatched or delivered to a destination: Send in your contest entries to this station.

send off, to cause to depart or to be conveyed from oneself; dispatch; dismiss: His teacher sent him off to the principal's office.

send out,

to distribute; issue.
to send on the way; dispatch: They sent out their final shipment last week.
to order delivery: We sent out for coffee.

send up,

to release or cause to go upward; let out.
Informal. to sentence or send to prison: He was convicted and sent up for life.
to expose the flaws or foibles of through parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, or other forms of satire: The new movie sends up merchants who commercialize Christmas.

Origin of send

before 900; Middle English senden, Old English sendan; cognate with German senden, Gothic sandjan (causative) < Germanic base *sinth-, *santh- go, whence Old English sīth journey, sand message, messenger

SYNONYMS FOR send

2 transmit, dispatch, forward.

4 cast, hurl, fling, project.

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ANTONYMS FOR send

1 receive.

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Related formssend·a·ble, adjective

Can be confusedscend send

Definition for sent (4 of 5)

send

[ send ]

/ sɛnd /

Nautical

verb (used without object), sent, send·ing, noun

scend.

Definition for sent (5 of 5)

scend

or send

[ send ]

/ sɛnd /

Nautical

verb (used without object) (of a vessel)

to heave in a swell.

to lurch forward from the motion of a heavy sea.

noun

the heaving motion of a vessel.

the forward impulse imparted by the motion of a sea against a vessel.

Origin of scend

1615–25; cf. send²; perhaps aphetic variant of ascend, descend

Can be confusedscend send

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Examples from the Web for sent

From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Leelah Alcorn's message was sent, and heard, and things started changing.
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism|Arthur Chu|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to force Faubus to admit the students to Central High School.
The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future|Jonah Edelman|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the act of killing herself done, the message was sent, and heard, and things started changing.
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism|Arthur Chu|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The reality TV mogul bared her butt—and everything else, too—for Paper Magazine in a spread that sent Twitter into a tizzy.
Kim Kardashian Cheekily Breaks the Internet|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A copy of the work was also sent, as is usually done, to the editor of the Allgemeine Litteraturzeitung.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography.|Solomon Maimon
Owing to circumstances, the eldest lad had to be sent to school at an early age.
The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons|Ellice Hopkins
Besides their own consumption, great quantities are sent to the north of Ireland.
A Tour in Ireland|Arthur Young
Mr Rushton was sent for, and he said that he couldn't understand it at all!
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists|Robert Tressell
Presents of horses, blankets and other valuables were sent to the father of the young woman.
Legends of The Kaw|Carrie de Voe

British Dictionary definitions for sent (1 of 5)

sent

/ (sɛnt) /

verb

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

British Dictionary definitions for sent (2 of 5)

sent

/ (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

British Dictionary definitions for sent (3 of 5)

scend

send

nautical

verb scends, scending, scended, sends, sending or sent

(of a vessel) to surge upwards in a heavy sea

noun

the upward heaving of a vessel pitching

the forward lift given a vessel by the sea

Word Origin for scend

C17: perhaps from descend or ascend

British Dictionary definitions for sent (4 of 5)

send

/ (sɛnd) /

verb sends, sending or sent

(tr) to cause or order (a person or thing) to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another placeto send a letter; she sent the salesman away

(when intr, foll by for;; when tr, takes an infinitive) to dispatch a request or command (for something or to do something)he sent for a bottle of wine; he sent to his son to come home

(tr) to direct or cause to go to a place or pointhis blow sent the champion to the floor

(tr) to bring to a state or conditionthis noise will send me mad

(tr; often foll by forth, out, etc) to cause to issue; emithis cooking sent forth a lovely smell from the kitchen

(tr) to cause to happen or comemisery sent by fate

to transmit (a message) by radio, esp in the form of pulses

(tr) slang to move to excitement or rapturethis music really sends me

send someone about his business to dismiss or get rid of someone

send someone packing to dismiss or get rid of (someone) peremptorily

noun

another word for swash (def. 4)

Word Origin for send

Old English sendan; related to Old Norse senda, Gothic sandjan, Old High German senten

British Dictionary definitions for sent (5 of 5)

send

/ (sɛnd) /

verb, noun sends, sending or sent

a variant spelling of scend

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Word Origin and History for sent

send

Old English sendan "send, send forth; throw, impel," from Proto-Germanic *sandijan (cf. Old Saxon sendian, Old Norse and Old Frisian senda, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch senden, Dutch zenden, German senden, Gothic sandjan), causative form of base *sinþan, denoting "go, journey" (source of Old English sið "way, journey," Old Norse sinn, Gothic sinþs "going, walk, time"), from PIE root *sent- "to head for, go" (cf. Lithuanian siusti "send;" see sense (n.)).

Also used in Old English of divine ordinance (e.g. godsend, from Old English sand "messenger, message," from Proto-Germanic *sandaz "that which is sent"). Slang sense of "to transport with emotion, delight" is recorded from 1932, in American English jazz slang.

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sent

noun, plural sent·i [sen-tee] /ˈsɛn ti/, sents.

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send

verb (used with object), sent, send·ing.

verb (used without object), sent, send·ing.

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send

verb (used without object), sent, send·ing, noun

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scend

or send

verb (used without object) (of a vessel)

noun

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sent

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sent

noun plural -ti

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scend

send

verb scends, scending, scended, sends, sending or sent

noun

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send

verb sends, sending or sent

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send

verb, noun sends, sending or sent

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