Past tense of send
irregular verb
The past tense of send is sent. The past participle is also sent.
Forms of send
| Base form (V1) | send /sɛnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sent /sɛnt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | sent /sɛnt/ |
| Present participle | sending /ˈsɛndɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | sends /sɛndz/ |
Less standard forms: sended (nonstandard).
Sent in a sentence
- Some hooligan sent a brick flying through the window, and the bang sent us running out of the building.
- Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18
- The sergeant sent out an order to arm the team for the next mission.From the entry arm
- Smith was sent down to the minors to work on his batting.From the entry down
- You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that.From the entry pull
Meaning of send
- verb To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
- verb To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
- verb To amuse greatly or otherwise stun by absurdity.
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Questions about the past tense of send
- What is the past tense of send?
- The past tense of send is sent.
- What is the past participle of send?
- The past participle of send is sent.
- Is send a regular or irregular verb?
- Send is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
- Is sended correct?
- sended is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of send is sent.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: send (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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