Translations

3 languages

Examples

9 sentences

  1. She expends her energy on parties.

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  2. An extraordinary amount of ammunition is being expended.

    deEs wird außerordentlich viel Munition verbraucht. — Yorwba

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  3. The energy expended in a fight should be saved.

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Meaning

1 senses

  1. To consume, exhaust (some resource).

More definitions
  • pay out
  • use up (resources or materials)

Origin

Borrowed from Latin expendō (“to weigh; to pay out”). Doublet of spend.

Borrowed from Latin expendō (“to weigh; to pay out”). Doublet of spend.

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Forms

expends, expending, expended, expended

regular · Lesson

Base formexpend · to expend
3rd person singularexpends
Present participleexpending
Past simpleexpended
Past participleexpended

Tenses

expend · expended · will expend · have expended

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyexpend
he, she, itexpends

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave expended
he, she, ithas expended

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill expend

Past simpleLesson

all personsexpended

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
RelatedexpenseB1expensiveA1expenditureexpenderexpending
Derivedexpendabilityexpendablemisexpend

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
expeditionB2expeditiousexpelexpendableexpenditureexpenseB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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