sent
1 Americanverb
noun
-
senti,
plural
-
sents
plural
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
An air ambulance was sent to the scene but the child was pronounced dead by paramedics a short time later, Staffordshire Police said.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
I took a screenshot and sent it to my sister, who lives in another state.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
They dressed their three kids, Ana, Óscar and José, in good clothes and sent them to good schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Around the same time, she sent the email confronting Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
But as a rule, Clare never sent a wandering spirit to this particular realm unless he was absolutely, positively, most certainly certain.
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
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
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
