sent

sent · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *send*; caused to go or be delivered to a destination.

  2. 2.

    Transmitted or communicated.

  3. 3.

    Caused to move or go in a particular direction.

Related words

Antonyms: kept, received
See also: send, sending
Synonyms: delivered, dispatched, forwarded, transmitted

Etymology

From Old English sended, sende, past tense of sendan ("to send"). The form sent developed through vowel changes in Middle English. The irregular past tense form follows a pattern common in Germanic languages where certain verbs with -nd endings show vowel change in past forms.