Meaning

9 senses

  1. (ambitransitive)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.

    ausgeben, spendieren

    тра́титьtrátitʹ, потра́титьpotrátitʹ

    тра́титиtrátyty, витрача́тиvytračáty, ви́тратитиvýtratyty

    pay out

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

  3. (dated)To squander.

    to spend an estate in gambling

  4. To exhaust, to wear out.

    The violence of the waves was spent.

    verbrauchen, erschöpfen, aufzehren

    тра́титьtrátitʹ, истра́титьistrátitʹ, расхо́доватьrasxódovatʹ

    витрача́тиvytračáty, ви́тратитиvýtratyty, висна́жуватиvysnážuvaty

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

    My sister usually spends her free time in nightclubs.

    We spent the winter in the south of France.

    verbringen

    проводи́тьprovodítʹ, провести́provestí

    проводитиprovodyty

    use up a period of time in a specific way

  6. (ambitransitive, dated)To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.

    The fish spends his semen on eggs which he finds floating and whose mother he has never seen.

  7. (intransitive)To waste or wear away; to be consumed.

    Energy spends in the using of it.

  8. To be diffused; to spread.

  9. To break ground; to continue working.

Examples

6994 sentences

  1. How did you spend your vacation?

    Як ви провели відпустку? — aandrusiak

    ruКак ты провёл свой отпуск? — Disconnect

    deWie hast du die Ferien verbracht? — Sudajaengi

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  2. Where did you spend your holidays?

    Де ти провів канікули? — deniko

    ruГде ты провёл отпуск? — Avelesy

    deWo hast du deinen Urlaub verbracht? — MUIRIEL

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  3. I've spent almost all my money.

    Я витратив майже всі свої гроші. — SvetlanaSVD

    ruЯ истратил почти все деньги. — marafon

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  4. Tom spent a week in Boston.

    Том провів тиждень у Бостоні. — deniko

    ruТом провёл неделю в Бостоне. — odexed

    deTom hat eine Woche in Boston verbracht. — Sudajaengi

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  5. Tom spent three years in prison.

    Том провів у в'язниці три роки. — deniko

    ruТом три года провёл в тюрьме. — marafon

    deTom verbrachte drei Jahre im Gefängnis. — wolfgangth

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to pay out:
to wear out, to exhaust:
to consume, to use up (time):
Русский
By meaning 3
to pay out:
to wear out, to exhaust:
to consume, to use up (time):
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to pay out:
to wear out, to exhaust:
to consume, to use up (time):

Origin

From Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan (attested especially in compounds ās

From Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan (attested especially in compounds āspendan (“to spend”), forspendan (“to use up, consume”)), from Proto-West Germanic *spendōn (“to spend”), borrowed from Latin expendere (“to weigh out”). Doublet of expend.

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Forms

spends, spending, spent, spent
Base formspend · to spend
3rd person singularspends
Present participlespending
Past simplespent
Past participlespent

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspend
he, she, itspends

Past simpleLesson

all personsspent

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spend

Synonyms

4 synonyms
outlay
Close in meaning

Word family

31 related words
Relatedspenderspending
Derivedbespendforespendforspendheartspentmisspendnonspendingoutspendoverspendrespendspavingspendabilityspendablespendaholicspend-allspendathonspendfulspendicitisspending moneyspendlessspendocracyspendocratspendthriftspend timespendworthy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • spent a lot
  • spend more time
  • want to spend
  • spent the whole
  • spent all
  • spent most of
  • spent all day
  • spend more
  • spend some time
  • spent time
  • spend too much
  • spend time with

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
speltspelunkspencerspenderspendthriftsperm
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