sent
sent — verb
1. the past tense and past participle form of the verb 'send'
the past tense and past participle form of the verb 'send'
Mateo sent his younger sister a postcard from Japan.
sent + someone + something (ditransitive)
The invitations were sent out three weeks before the wedding.
passive: were sent out
Christopher had sent his application before the deadline.
Diya sent a long email to the team explaining the new rules.
- dispatched
more formal register; often implies urgency or official action
- forwarded
specifically for passing along messages or documents received from someone else
- transmitted
mainly for signals, data, or diseases; technical or scientific register
- received
the opposite action — to come into possession of rather than to cause something to go
文法句型
sent + noun phrase
sent + noun phrase + to + someone
sent + someone + noun phrase
be + sent (passive)
用法筆記
Frequently used in both simple past (completed action) and past participle constructions (perfect tenses, passive voice). In simple past, no helping verb is needed ('I sent it'). In perfect or passive structures, pair with 'have' or 'be' ('She has sent it', 'It was sent'). The pattern 'sent someone something' (double object) is common in informal and formal contexts alike.
常見錯誤
sent — noun
1. a former unit of money used in Estonia before the country adopted the euro; one
a former unit of money used in Estonia before the country adopted the euro; one hundred senti made one kroon.
Nellie found a few senti coins in her grandmother's old collection.
plural form: senti
Before 2011, a bus ticket in Tallinn cost about ten senti.
Hassan keeps an Estonian kroon and fifty senti as a souvenir.
The book listed the price of a loaf of bread at eighty senti in 1995.
用法筆記
A historical currency term from Estonia, which adopted the euro in 2011. The singular form is 'sent' and the plural form is 'senti' (e.g. 'one sent', 'fifty senti'). Knowledge of this term is primarily relevant for historical or numismatic discussions.