sent

/send/

Thân thiện

The post office sent the package to the customer.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Dispatched or transmitted: Refers to something that has been caused or enabled to go, be conveyed, or be transmitted to a destination.
   • Example: The sent message should arrive shortly.

2. Noun:

   • A monetary unit: A subunit of currency, specifically 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia (historical currency).
   • Example: The old coin was worth five sent.

Usage

• Adjective: Used to describe an item (like a letter, email, or package) after the action of sending has been completed. It is the past participle of the verb 'send'.

  • The sent files are in the shared folder.
  • I have confirmed that the payment has been sent.

• Noun: Used primarily in a historical financial context when discussing the former Estonian currency.

  • Prices were sometimes listed in both kroons and sent.

Advanced Usage

• "Sent items": A common label for the folder in email clients containing copies of messages you have dispatched.
  • You can find a copy of your email in the Sent Items folder.

Variants and Related Words

• Send (verb): To cause to go or be taken to a place.
  • Please send the report by Friday.
• Sender (noun): A person or thing that sends.
  • The sender's address was missing from the package.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Dispatched, transmitted, forwarded, mailed.
• Noun: (As a currency subunit) cent, penny.

Related Phrasal Verbs (from the base verb 'send')

• Send for: To request that someone or something come.
  • We had to send for a doctor.
• Send off: To dispatch something by post; to say goodbye to someone departing.
  • I will send off the parcel today. / A crowd gathered to send off the team.
• Send out: To distribute or emit.
  • The company will send out the newsletters tomorrow. / The flower sends out a sweet scent.

Related Idioms (from the base verb 'send')

• Send someone packing: To dismiss someone abruptly.
  • After the argument, the manager sent him packing.
• Send shivers down someone's spine: To cause a sudden feeling of fear or excitement.
  • The eerie noise sent shivers down my spine.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted

Noun

1. 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia