Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sent

/sɛnt/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.16 in modern English

Syllables
sent
IPA
/sɛnt/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of scent.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From send + -t. See send.

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Phrases

client-sent heaven-sent re-sent server-sent

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Questions

How do you pronounce sent?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɛnt/.
What does sent mean?
simple past and past participle of send
Where does sent come from?
From send + -t. See send.

How to pronounce sent

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