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- pronunciation:
- ihk
spend
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
expends, expending, expended |
| definition 1: |
to use up.
He expended energy in exercising.- synonyms:
- consume, exhaust, spend, use
- antonyms:
- save
- similar words:
- bestow, burn, deplete
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| definition 2: |
to pay out; spend.
A lot of money was expended in building the new bridge.- synonyms:
- disburse, outlay, spend
- antonyms:
- save
- similar words:
- buy, fork out, lavish, purchase
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| related words: |
live, occupy, spend |
adverb + (v.)expend
readily
(v.)expend
+ adverb
annually
(v.)expend
+ noun
ammunition, amount, calorie, capital, deal, effort, energy, exercise, fuel, fund, implementation, ingenuity, ink, labor, ounce, pursuit, resource, sum, treasure
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The word expend
contains the following part:
pend, pens
Latin
root
that means hang; weigh; spend
  Example words:
append, appendix, depend, dependable, dependent, independence, independent, pendulum, suspend, suspense, expend, expensive, pensive, impend
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