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Lent

verb
1
Past tense and past participle of lend.
"He lent his neighbour a ladder last weekend."

How to Use Lent

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe past-tense form of "lend" — what you did when you let someone borrow something.

Common mistake

Don't confuse with Lent, the Christian period of fasting before Easter — same spelling, capital letter, completely different word.

Word Forms

Lents plural

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