sent

¹ American  

[sent] / sɛnt /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of send.

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sent ² American  

[sent] / sɛnt /

noun

plural

senti, sents

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

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sent ¹ British  

/ sɛnt /

verb

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

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sent ² British  

/ sɛnt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sent

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

The merger effort had dismayed investors, who sent Netflix shares tumbling as much as 30%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Just minutes before the annual general meeting, club leaders suspended the vote over the men’s bar, and have since sent updates calling for cordial debate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Concanon was ultimately found not to have sent any racist texts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Gains left Tesla stock up 12.1% for the week, which means Tesla stock is all but assured to snap an eight-week losing streak that sent shares down about 16%.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

One of these was an elderly Austrian lady whom Willem had sent into hiding here.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom