spent (verb)

  • 1spent — /spɛnt / (say spent) verb 1. past tense and past participle of spend. –adjective 2. used up, consumed, or exhausted. 3. Colloquial physically exhausted; weary …

  • 2mis|spent — «mihs SPEHNT», adjective, verb. –adj. spent foolishly or wrongly; wasted: »a misspent fortune, a misspent, ruined life. a) the past tense and past participle of misspend …

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  • 3out|spent — «owt SPEHNT», adjective, verb. –adj. completely spent; exhausted. –v. the past tense and past participle of outspend …

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  • 4need — [[t]ni͟ːd[/t]] ♦ needs, needing, needed (Need sometimes behaves like an ordinary verb, for example She needs to know and She doesn t need to know and sometimes like a modal, for example She need know , She needn t know , or, in more formal… …

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  • 5spend — /spend/ past tense and past participle spent /spent/ verb 1 MONEY (I, T) to use your money to buy or pay for things: spend money/ 5/$10/a lot: I spent so much money this weekend! | spend money etc on sth: More money should be spent on health and… …

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  • 6spend — [ spend ] (past tense and past participle spent [ spent ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to use money to pay for things: How much money did you spend? spend for: This year we will spend more money for medical care. spend something… …

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  • 7spend*/*/*/ — [spend] (past tense and past participle spent [spent] ) verb 1) [I/T] to use money to pay for things How much money did you spend?[/ex] You spend too much on clothes.[/ex] 2) [T] to stay somewhere, or to do something, for a period of time We… …

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  • 8overspend — o|ver|spend1 [ ,ouvər spend ] (past tense and past participle o|ver|spent [ ,ouvər spent ] ) verb intransitive or transitive to spend more money than you should or more than you intended to ╾ o|ver|spend|ing noun uncount overspend o|ver|spend 2 [ …

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  • 9empty — /ˈɛmpti / (say emptee), /ˈɛmti / (say emtee) adjective (emptier, emptiest) 1. containing nothing; void of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle. 2. vacant; unoccupied: an empty house. 3. without burden or load: an empty wagon. 4.… …

  • 10misspend — mis|spend [ mıs spend ] (past tense and past participle mis|spent [ mıs spent ] ) verb transitive to use money, time, or energy badly …

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