sen
part of speech
noun (a sen, sen — money unit); abbreviation (Sen. = Senator)
meaning for a pupil
1) A sen is a small coin or money unit in some Asian countries, for example 100 sen make 1 ringgit in Malaysia; in Japan the sen was an old unit, 100 sen to 1 yen. tree →
2) «Sen.» is short for «Senator», a member of a senate, written before a name, for example in the USA. tree →
3) «sen» can also be a piece of a longer word or a name. tree →
4) In some dialect speech, sen is written for send. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths problems with money from Malaysia or Indonesia, sen work like cents: 100 sen = 1 unit. In news from the USA, «Sen.» before a name means that person is a senator. On its own «sen» is rare in everyday English.
examples
- In Malaysia a sweet costs 50 sen. tree →
- One hundred sen make one ringgit. tree →
- Old Japanese coins were counted in sen. tree →
- Sen. Smith spoke in the Senate today. tree →
- Count the coins: 20 sen plus 30 sen is 50 sen. tree →
- In the news, «Sen.» means «Senator». tree →
note
The plural of the coin is also «sen» (50 sen). «Sen.» with a capital and a full stop is an abbreviation, not a word you say; read it «Senator». In money problems, think of sen as cents: 1 = 100 sen.
Trees and pragmatics
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