Definitions for pent
pɛntpent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pent, shut up(p)adjective

   closely confined

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. pentverb

   ;

2. pentadjective

   Confined in a pen, imprisoned.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pentpart. pass. of pen.

   Shut up.

   Cut my lace asunder,
   That my pent heart may have some scope to beat. William Shakespeare.

   The son of Clarence have I pent up close. William Shakespeare.

   Pent to linger
   But with a grain a day, I would not buy
   Their mercy. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Their armour help’d their harm, crush’d in, and bruis’d
   Into their substance pent. John Milton.

   The soul pure fire, like ours, of equal force;
   But pent in flesh, must issue by discourse. Dryden.

   Pent up in Utica he vainly forms
   A poor epitome of Roman greatness. Joseph Addison, Cato.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pent

   1) A word prefix derived from Greek, meaning five. 2) Short for pentagon or pentagram, which are five-sided shapes. 3) In a more colloquial sense, it can also mean contained or held back, often used in the phrase "pent-up," referring to emotions or energy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pent

   of Pen

2. Pentverb

   penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up

3. Etymology: [From Pen, v. t.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pent

   pa.t. and pa.p. of pen, to shut up.

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PENT

   What does PENT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the PENT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PENT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pent is ranked #68122 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pent surname appeared 289 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pent.
   
   86.5% or 250 total occurrences were White.
   7.2% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   4.5% or 13 total occurrences were Black.

Anagrams for pent »

1. PETN

How to pronounce pent?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say pent in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pent in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of pent in a Sentence

1. Andy Bruce:

   There is some pent-up demand to fill, our own view is that there will be single digit growth this year ... 5 percent.

2. Joel Kan:

   Investors are contemplating the risks of the recent resurgence of Covid-19 cases to the labor market and economy, and Treasury rates and mortgage rates are moving lower as a result, the weakening in activity is potentially a signal that pent-up demand is starting to wane and that low housing supply is limiting prospective buyers' options.

3. Doug Parker:

   I've got 10 straight months of data saying that people are ready to travel in six months. It keeps saying the same thing, what I do believe is that once people are comfortable, it will come back relatively quickly. There is huge pent-up demand to travel. We hear it everywhere we go. But no one is going to travel until there are things to do when you travel, and until the vaccine is distributed and the pandemic is largely eradicated.

4. Nicole Peng:

   There was a fair amount of expecting 5G to arrive [ on the iPhone ] last year, but it didn't, so there is pent-up demand there.

5. Lawrence Yun:

   Either a strong pent-up demand will show in the upcoming months, or there is a lack of confidence that is keeping buyers from major expenditure.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pent
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pent
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pent
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html