Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.

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    Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

    verschwenden, vergeuden, verprassen

    прома́тыватьpromátyvatʹ, промота́тьpromotátʹ, разбаза́риватьrazbazárivatʹ

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To scatter; to disperse.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To wander at random; to scatter.

More definitions
  • spend extravagantly
  • spend thoughtlessly; throw away

Examples

39 sentences
  1. Tom squandered his entire inheritance.

    Том розтратив усю свою спадщину.

    ruТом промотал всё своё наследство.

    deTom hat seine ganze Erbschaft vergeudet.

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  2. Tom squandered all the money he inherited from his father.

    ruТом промотал все деньги, которые унаследовал от отца.

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  3. Tom squandered his money.

    ruТом промотал свои деньги.

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  4. He was accused of squandering public funds.

    ruЕго обвинили в растрате общественных фондов.

    deEr wurde der Unterschlagung öffentlicher Gelder beschuldigt.

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  5. Tom squandered his inheritance on alcohol, women and fast cars.

    ruТом промотал своё наследство на спиртное, женщин и быстрые машины.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to waste:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to waste:

Origin

Earliest uses (late 16th c.) "to spend recklessly or prodigiously", also "to scatter over

Earliest uses (late 16th c.) "to spend recklessly or prodigiously", also "to scatter over a wide area". Of unknown origin. Perhaps a blend of scatter + wander.

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Forms

squanders, squandering, squandered, squandered
Base formsquander · to squander
3rd person singularsquanders
Present participlesquandering
Past simplesquandered
Past participlesquandered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysquander
he, she, itsquanders

Past simpleLesson

all personssquandered

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill squander

Synonyms

10 synonyms
wasteB1blowA1lavishsplurgeslatherthrow awaymake ducks and drakes ofplay ducks and drakes with
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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