sent
/sɛnt/
sent is the simple past and past participle of send.
sent is the obsolete form of scent.
Meaning of send
Verb
send (third-person singular simple present sends, present participle sending, simple past sent, past participle sent or (nonstandard) sended)
- To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
- Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
- To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
- I don't know what it is, but this music really sends me.
- Synonyms:
- excite, animate, awaken, electrify, enflame, enkindle, enthrill, exagitate, exhilarate, exsuscitate
- To amuse greatly or otherwise stun by absurdity.
- In news that has absolutely sent me this spooky season, the owners of the literal Amityville Horror House (yep, *that* one with all the murders) have taken it upon themselves to decorate for Halloween.2020 October 13, Lavender Baj, “I’m Obsessed With The Painfully Mediocre Halloween Decorations At The IRL Amityville House”, in Pedestrian
- To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
- “I suppose,” blurted Clara suddenly, “she wants a man.”
The other two were silent for a few moments.
“But it’s the loneliness sends her cracked,” said Paul.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 9”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
- “I suppose,” blurted Clara suddenly, “she wants a man.”
- To dispatch an agent or messenger to find and return with a specified person or thing.
- Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
- Synonyms:
- call
- To bestow; to grant.
- God send him well!c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- bring about, bring to pass, set up
Meaning of scent
Noun
scent (countable and uncountable, plural scents)
- A distinctive smell.
- the scent of flowers / of a skunk
- A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
- The dogs picked up / caught the scent but then quickly lost it.
- The sense of smell.
- I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.
- Synonyms:
- olfaction
- A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
- a scent shop
- Synonyms:
- aftershave, cologne, eau de toilette, perfume, toilet water
- Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
- The minister's off-hand remark put journalists on the scent of a cover-up.
- Sense, perception.
- A fit false dreame, that can delude the sleepers sent.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 15
Noun
sent (plural senti)
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon.
Forms of sent
| plural | senti |
|---|---|
| plural | sents |
Origin of sent
From send + -t. See send.
From Estonian sent. Doublet of cent.
See scent.
Words formed from sent
- client-sent
- godsent
- heaven-sent
- re-sent
- server-sent
- unsent
Phrases with sent
- sent in
- sent it
- sent on
- sent up
- sent for
- sent off
- sent out
- full sent
- sent away
- sent back
- sent down
- sent word
23 more phrasesFewer phrases
- sent below
- sent forth
- sent around
- sent out for
- sent away for
- sent down for
- sent to dorse
- sent a message
- sent for a toss
- sent to Coventry
- sent to the Tower
- sent one's apologies
- sent someone packing
- sent to the scaffold
- sent to the glue factory
- sent about one's business
- sent someone to the showers
- sent a boy to do a man's job
- they should have sent a poet
- sent shivers down someone's spine
- sent a shiver down someone's spine
- sent it up the flagpole and saw who saluted
- sent it up the flagpole and seen who saluted
Words that rhyme with sent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
Questions about sent
- What does sent mean?
- Sent means a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon.
- What is sent the simple past and past participle of?
- Sent is the simple past and past participle of send.
- What part of speech is sent?
- Sent is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sent?
- Sent is pronounced /sɛnt/.
- What is the plural of sent?
- The plural of sent is senti.
Words near sent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sent (page history and authors); send (page history and authors); scent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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