spent

[ spent ]

/ spɛnt /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of spend.

used up; consumed.

tired; worn-out; exhausted.

Nearby words

spenser, spenser, edmund, spenserian, spenserian sonnet, spenserian stanza, spent, spent gnat, spenta amesha, spenta mainyu, speos, speranski

SYNONYMS FOR spent

3 weary, drained, fagged.

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Related forms

well-spent, adjective

Definition for spent (2 of 2)

spend

[ spend ]

/ spɛnd /

verb (used with object), spent, spend·ing.

to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.

to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding: Don't spend much time on it.

to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.: We spent a few days in Baltimore.

to use up, consume, or exhaust: The storm had spent its fury.

to give (one's blood, life, etc.) for some cause.

verb (used without object), spent, spend·ing.

to spend money, energy, time, etc.

Obsolete. to be consumed or exhausted.

Origin of spend

1125–75; Middle English spenden, continuing Old English -spendan (in āspendan, forspendan to spend entirely or utterly) < West Germanic < Latin expendere to pay out, expend; compare German spenden

SYNONYMS FOR spend

1 Spend, disburse, expend, squander refer to paying out money. Spend is the general word: We spend more for living expenses now. Disburse implies expending from a specific source or sum to meet specific obligations, or paying in definite allotments: The treasurer has authority to disburse funds. Expend is more formal, and implies spending for some definite and (usually) sensible or worthy object: to expend most of one's salary on necessities. Squander suggests lavish, wasteful, or foolish expenditure: to squander a legacy.

2 use, apply, devote.

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ANTONYMS FOR spend

1 earn, keep.

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Related forms

an·ti·spend·ing, adjectiveun·der·spend, verb, un·der·spent, un·der·spend·ing.un·spend·ing, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for spent (1 of 2)

spent

/ (spɛnt) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of spend

adjective

used up or exhausted; consumed

(of a fish) exhausted by spawning

British Dictionary definitions for spent (2 of 2)

spend

/ (spɛnd) /

verb spends, spending or spent

to pay out (money, wealth, etc)

(tr) to concentrate (time, effort, thought, etc) upon an object, activity, etc

(tr) to pass (time) in a specific way, activity, place, etc

(tr) to use up completelythe hurricane spent its force

(tr) to give up (one's blood, life, etc) in a cause

(intr) obsolete to be used up or exhausted

spend a penny British informal to urinate

noun

an amount of money spent, esp regularly, or allocated to be spent

Derived Forms

spendable, adjective

Word Origin for spend

Old English spendan, from Latin expendere; influenced also by Old French despendre to spend, from Latin dispendere; see expend, dispense

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Idioms and Phrases with spent

spend

see pocket (spending) money.