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\ ˈspend 
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\spent\ ˈspent \; spending
\; spendingDefinition of spend
1 : to use up or pay out : expend
b : to consume wastefully : squander the waters are not ours to spend— J. R. Ellis
3 : to cause or permit to elapse : pass spend the night
1 : to expend or waste wealth or strength
2 : to become expended or consumed
3 : to have an orgasm
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Other Words from spend
spendable \ ˈspen-də-bəl \ adjective
\ adjectivespender noun
Examples of spend in a Sentence
I spent $30 on his birthday gift.
They spend a lot on clothes and cars.
I want to buy a new car, but I don't have much money to spend.
Her willingness to spend freely made her popular among her friends.
He spends lavishly on vacations.
I spent my summer at the beach.
She spent eight months living in New York City.
Relaxing with friends is a great way to spend a weekend.
Our cat spends most of his time sleeping.
Too much of my time is spent arguing with customers.
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Recent Examples on the Web The five-rings champion basketball player was 41 WHENEVER HE WAS asked why his whole life had been spent playing basketball, Kobe Bryant’s narrow eyes searched upwards, and his mouth trembled.
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The Economist, "Love story Kobe Bryant died on January 26th," 1 Feb. 2020 Now, she's retired, spending more time in nature, and no longer interested in fussing with her color very often.
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Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "A Colorist Explains How He Created This Low-Maintenance Gray Hair Transformation," 31 Jan. 2020 Advertisers spend huge chunks of their annual budgets to broadcast just a few seconds of commercials during the game.
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Adam Epstein, Quartz, "How the Super Bowl became an unrivaled US cultural phenomenon," 31 Jan. 2020 Fast forward a year later and Clark, 26, spent his Friday not just as a contestant in the 132-man WMPO field, but in contention.
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Adam Schupak, Golfweek, "Wyndham Clark goes from Phoenix Open spectator to contender," 31 Jan. 2020 Inside Casa del Tabaco, native Cubans spend their days rolling the cigars that have become as synonymous with the Cuban experience as rum, baseball and salsa dancing.
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Alan Gomez, USA Today, "Before Super Bowl, Miami's Little Havana faces exodus of Cubans, pressure from developers," 31 Jan. 2020 Is there anything better than an Easter spent with some-bunny as sweet as you?
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Country Living Staff, Country Living, "40 Best Easter Wishes and Messages to Make Your Loved Ones Smile This April," 30 Jan. 2020 Ekeler spent last season coaching Kansas' special teams.
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Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle, "Football: UNT set to hire former FAU assistant Mathies to fill out staff," 30 Jan. 2020 That’s why Altman wanted to spend Tuesday -- Kobe tribute night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse -- with his daughter.
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Chris Fedor, cleveland, "Koby Altman, before joining NBA, once sent angry e-mail over Kobe Bryant suspension: Fedor’s five observations," 29 Jan. 2020
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More Definitions for spend
spend
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of spend
: to use (money) to pay for something
: to allow (time) to pass in a particular place or while doing a particular activity
: to use (energy or effort) to do something
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spend
verb\ ˈspend \
\spent\ ˈspent \; spending
Kids Definition of spend
1 : to use (money) to pay for something
2 : to cause or allow (as time) to pass
… he parked his car … and was spending considerable time walking about town.— Robert McCloskey, Homer Price
3 : to use wastefully : squander She spends a lot of energy worrying.
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