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sent

SENT/sɛnt/

Noun pluralsenti, sents

3 meanings of sent

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of send. Use this form for something that happened before now.

    She sent a card to her cousin last week.

    They sent the children outside to play.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A small unit of money in Estonia, worth one hundredth of a kroon.

    Like a cent in a dollar: one small piece of a bigger coin.

    He paid the last sent he had to buy a loaf of bread.

    An old sent lay forgotten at the bottom of the jar.

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  3. 3
    nounobsoletecountable or uncountable
    Obsolete spelling of scent. It was once used for a smell or odor.
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sent is a form of send

send, verb: To make an object or message go from one place to another or to someone. Full entry

Forms
sendsends he/she/itsending -ing formsent past tense, past participle
Spelling
send → sent: irregular (no -ed)

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Origins

Meaning 1

The past tense of "send."

Meaning 2

From Estonian "sent." It is related to the word "cent."