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spend
verb
A1
US /spɛnd/
To pay out (money).
ambitransitive
To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
To squander.
dated
To exhaust, to wear out.
To consume, to use up (time).
To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
ambitransitive, dated
To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
intransitive
To be diffused; to spread.
To break ground; to continue working.
Forms
he/she/it
spends
-ing form
spending
past participle
spent
past
spent
Example sentences
7249 results
I don't want to spend the rest of my life regretting it.
Tatoeba
Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.
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spend
Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
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