spend

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

spend

past (v2)

spent

past participle (v3)

spent

present participle

spending

3rd person singular

spends

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

spends

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To pay out (money).

   • I've already spent hundreds of dollars buying dog chow.
   • He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.

2. 2.To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.

   • I […] am never loath / To spend my judgment.

3. 3.To exhaust, to wear out.

   • The violence of the waves was spent.

4. 4.To consume, to use up (time).

   • We spent the winter in the south of France.
   • My sister usually spends her free time in nightclubs.
   • We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.

   • I’m sorry, boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.

2. 2.Expenditures; money or pocket money.

3. 3.Discharged semen.

4. 4.Vaginal discharge.

Overall

Very common· #353

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Uncommon

Synonyms

• pass

Word family

• spending