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Sent has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

"After my trip to Estonia, I had a pile of old currency where every hundred senti counted as exactly one kroon."

2

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon.

"The old manuscript was filled with words that were obsolete forms, such as when 'sent' was used instead of 'scent'."

3

Obsolete form of scent.

In plain English: A sent is an old-fashioned word for a person who has been sent away to live somewhere else, usually as punishment or exile.

"The package was sent on Monday and arrived by Tuesday."

Usage: Use this term only when referring specifically to the historical Estonian monetary unit that was worth 1/100 of a kroon. Do not use it for modern currencies or general fractions unless discussing Estonia's pre-2011 economy.

Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of send

"The company sent me a confirmation email immediately after I placed my order online."

In plain English: To send something means to cause it to go somewhere else, usually by mail or message.

"I sent her an email this morning to ask about the meeting."

Adjective
1

caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted

"The sudden storm sent the birds scattering across the sky."

Example Sentences
"The package was sent on Monday and arrived by Tuesday." noun
"The sent of fresh rain filled the air after the storm passed." noun
"He noticed the strange sent of burnt rubber coming from his car's exhaust pipe." noun
"There was a metallic sent in the soup that made him wonder if it had been poisoned." noun
"I sent her an email this morning to ask about the meeting." verb
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Origin

Sent is the past tense form of the verb send. It entered English as a regular grammatical variation without any change in its core meaning.

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