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If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.
Bob Balaban

Meaning of "sent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SENT

sent  [sɛnt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sent is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sent in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SENT

PRESENT

Present
I send
you send
he/she/it sends
we send
you send
they send
Present continuous
I am sending
you are sending
he/she/it is sending
we are sending
you are sending
they are sending
Present perfect
I have sent
you have sent
he/she/it has sent
we have sent
you have sent
they have sent
Present perfect continuous
I have been sending
you have been sending
he/she/it has been sending
we have been sending
you have been sending
they have been sending
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I sent
you sent
he/she/it sent
we sent
you sent
they sent
Past continuous
I was sending
you were sending
he/she/it was sending
we were sending
you were sending
they were sending
Past perfect
I had sent
you had sent
he/she/it had sent
we had sent
you had sent
they had sent
Past perfect continuous
I had been sending
you had been sending
he/she/it had been sending
we had been sending
you had been sending
they had been sending
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will send
you will send
he/she/it will send
we will send
you will send
they will send
Future continuous
I will be sending
you will be sending
he/she/it will be sending
we will be sending
you will be sending
they will be sending
Future perfect
I will have sent
you will have sent
he/she/it will have sent
we will have sent
you will have sent
they will have sent
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sending
you will have been sending
he/she/it will have been sending
we will have been sending
you will have been sending
they will have been sending
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would sent
you would sent
he/she/it would sent
we would sent
you would sent
they would sent
Conditional continuous
I would be sending
you would be sending
he/she/it would be sending
we would be sending
you would be sending
they would be sending
Conditional perfect
I would have sent
you would have sent
he/she/it would have sent
we would have sent
you would have sent
they would have sent
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sending
you would have been sending
he/she/it would have been sending
we would have been sending
you would have been sending
they would have been sending
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you send
we let´s send
you send
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to send
Past participle
sent
Present Participle
sending
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENT


bent
bɛnt
Brent
brɛnt
cement
sɪˈmɛnt
cent
sɛnt
comment
ˈkɒmɛnt
consent
kənˈsɛnt
content
ˈkɒntɛnt
dent
dɛnt
event
ɪˈvɛnt
extent
ɪkˈstɛnt
intent
ɪnˈtɛnt
kent
kɛnt
meant
mɛnt
prevent
prɪˈvɛnt
rent
rɛnt
represent
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt
spent
spɛnt
tent
tɛnt
vent
vɛnt
went
wɛnt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENT

sente
sentence
sentence adverb
sentence connector
sentence stress
sentence structure
sentence substitute
sentencer
sentencing circle
sententia
sentential
sentential calculus
sentential function
sententially
sententious
sententiously
sententiousness
senti
sentience

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENT

accident
adolescent
advertisement
agent
agreement
apartment
assessment
client
component
current
department
development
different
document
efficient
element
employment
engagement
entertainment
environment

Synonyms and antonyms of sent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sent

Translation of «sent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENT

Find out the translation of sent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发送
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enviado
570 millions of speakers

English

sent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भेजा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أرسلت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отправлено
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enviado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রেরিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

expédié
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dihantar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gesendet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

送信された
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전송
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dikirim
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gửi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனுப்பிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाठविले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gönderilen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inviato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysłany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відправлено
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trimis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποστέλλονται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gestuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skickat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sendt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sent

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENT»

The term «sent» is very widely used and occupies the 1.525 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of sent
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «sent».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sent

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «SENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sent.
1
Kate Adie
I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.
2
Lysette Anthony
I was sent to boarding school at the age of ten. I think Mummy was trying to protect me in her own way, trying to spare me living through the day-to-day reality of her illness.
3
Bob Balaban
If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.
4
Maeve Binchy
I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident.
5
Steven Blum
Anime has sent me all over the world, introducing me to people who have touched my life in indescribably profound ways.
6
Saffron Burrows
I was picked up on a London street by a model agent. She took me to her office and then sent me to Paris to work in shows. It was supposed to be two weeks, but I ended up living there with my Zimbabwean boyfriend. I made enough money modeling and acting in French movies to buy a nice flat.
7
Elliott Carter
Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe.
8
Dizzy Dean
I won twenty-eight games in thirty-five and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards sent me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games.
9
Cat Deeley
I was sent to ballet classes when I was a little girl. I wasn't very good, but it's that thing where little girls always try ballet, or whatever.
10
Lindsay Duncan
Recently I made the mistake of opening a bundle of reviews that someone had sent me of a production from years and years ago, and someone had written a really lovely review except that it made a remark about the way I spoke: 'A lot of people find her voice terribly irritating.' Do they? I had no idea.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENT»

Discover the use of sent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sent
How can they fix history if it means that Chip and Alex will die? Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of Found, the bestselling Shadow Children series, Uprising, Running Out of Time, and many more
Margaret Peterson Haddix, 2009
2
Sent for You Yesterday
Lucy and Carl struggle to prevent the extinction of the Black community of Homewood and to keep alive the musical heritage of the blues piano player, Albert Wilkes
John Edgar Wideman, 1983
3
Heaven Sent Husband
Between her dedicated nursing at Mercy Hospital and plans to be a missionary in India, Ketura Lindsey had no time to think about marriage.
Gilbert Morris, 2011
4
Getting Sent: A Relational Approach to Support Raising
This book both affirms that God uses the Christian community to send us into ministry and demystifies the process.
Pete Sommer, 2009
5
God Sent a Man
God Sent A Man is the story of Joseph, who allowed himself to be prepared by God to play a crucial role in the history of Egypt and especially in the development of what became the nation of Israel.
Carlyle B. Haynes, 1962
6
The book of Sent Soví: medieval recipes from Catalonia
The oldest Catalan cookery book.
Joan Santanach i Suñol, Robin M. Vogelzang, 2008
7
Heaven Sent
Andrew, a young descendant of a fallen half-angel, possesses powers that he cannot understand but must nevertheless learn to use when a dark force rises to threaten his life, his family, and his soul. A first novel. Original.
Montre Bible, 2005
8
Cultivating Sent Communities: Missional Spiritual Formation
Full of rich practical, theological, and sociological insights into forming missional churches, this fourth volume in the Missional Church Series calls readers to deepen the core practices that have defined Christians for centuries -- and ...
Dwight J. Zscheile, 2012
9
Heaven Sent
After a traffic accident, Kyle Taylor is on the verge of death. The Angel of Death saves his life, however, and assigns the angel Samantha to be his guardian angel.
‎2005
10
Heaven Sent (Mills & Boon Love Inspired)
Matthew Sheridan was the answer to her prayer.
Jillian Hart, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sent is used in the context of the following news items.
1
FBI: No poison found in packages sent to Oregon sheriffs
Though one sheriff reported experiencing burning, numbness and other symptoms, the FBI said Tuesday that no toxic substances have been found in rambling ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
2
Hillary Clinton Sent Classified Information Over Email While at State …
WASHINGTON—An internal government review found that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent at least four emails from her personal account ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Chattanooga attack: Gunman Abdulazeez 'sent war text'
The night before a gunman killed five US service personnel in Tennessee, he sent a text message linking to a religious verse about "declaring war", reports say. «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
The young people sent back to Afghanistan
Many unaccompanied children who have fled Afghanistan and had their asylum claim rejected in the UK are given until they are 18 before being sent back. «BBC News, Jul 15»
5
France beheading attack: Suspect sent selfie with head
The man suspected of an attack on a factory in France sent a selfie where he posed with the severed head of his boss, security sources say. Yassin Salhi, 35 ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
6
Gmail Formally Adds 'Undo Send' Option
Just reading about it brings a familiar feeling of dread, the one that sets in about a millisecond after an email is sent too soon. If you are a Gmail user, you will be ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
7
Gmail now officially lets you 'Undo Send' those really embarrassing …
Previously an experimental feature as part of Gmail's “labs,” the feature lets users retract an e-mail after it's been sent (think of all the embarrassment you'll save ... «Fortune, Jun 15»
8
Neymar sent off in disgrace for headbutting at Copa America
Neymar was sent off in disgrace after Brazil's first defeat to Colombia in more than two decades on Wednesday night. The Barcelona striker was shown a red ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
9
Braves send struggling Bethancourt to Triple-A
1 prospect, Christian Bethancourt, was sent a strong message when the struggling catcher was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday and told to work on ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jun 15»
10
US may have sent live anthrax to UK lab
After Tuesday's briefing, Col Warren told the BBC they could not be sure the UK received the live samples but it was sent samples from a larger batch - Lot 5 - in ... «BBC News, Jun 15»

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