SENT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

sent

verb

Definition of sent

past tense of send

as in shipped

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another they promised to send the package in the morning

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Recent Examples of sent And last year, the Justice Department sent a letter of warning to leaders in Asheville and Buncombe County, North Carolina, contemplating creating their own programs. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Her supervisor told an FBI investigator that the then-26-year-old had sent him some concerning text messages and emails, according to an affidavit. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026 Rising Middle East tensions sent oil prices soaring this week. — Cj Haddad, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 Officers were sent to the street corner from which Nakira had placed the call. — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 The man behind the screen messaged her day and night, sent convincing videos and eventually persuaded her to hand over thousands of dollars. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 The letter was sent as Cornell’s Faculty Senate met to begin deliberations on a vote of no confidence. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Instead of flying the drone remotely with individual controls, the F-22 pilot sent high-level tactical instructions that the drone’s onboard autonomy software interpreted and executed. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 Mazor said the military recognized the scale of settler violence and has sent additional battalions to the West Bank to contain it. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sent

Verb

Vehicles shipped from China accounted for 40% of global electric-car exports in 2024.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
As shipped, each mode offers distinctly different color for the image than most of the others.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of shipped

Verb

The system transmitted 28 operating parameters, including load data, component temperatures, operating hours, and fault codes.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Under these pressures, a portion of cost increases has already transmitted to consumers through fare adjustments.

— , CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of transmitted

Verb

Officers found an unconscious adult man who was transported to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The development reflects a broader shift in modern defense planning towards modular weapons systems that can be transported, repositioned, and integrated into different operational environments with fewer platform-specific modifications.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of transported

Verb

General admission floor tickets could not be transferred and could be resold only at face value, a rule meant to curb scalping.

— James LaForge, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Any unspent money would remain in the fund for the benefit of families with newborns and could not be transferred to other city purposes.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of transferred

Verb

The Hawks dispatched those goons from Orlando to start the season and have one more road game tonight in Charlotte before Saturday’s home opener.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026
For Daughtry, who was dispatched to work the crash by his editor that day, the assignment was one of the most disturbing of his career.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026