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expend

[ ik-spend ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to use up:

    She expended energy, time, and care on her work.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to pay out; disburse; spend.


expend

/ ɪ°ìˈ²õ±èÉ›²Ô»å /

verb

  1. to spend; disburse
  2. to consume or use up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±ð³æˈ±è±ð²Ô»å±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð³æ·±è±ð²Ô»åİù noun
  • ´Çv±ð°ù·±ð³æ·±è±ð²Ô»å verb
  • ±è°ù±ðe³æ·±è±ð²Ô»å verb (used with object)
  • ³Ü²Ôe³æ·±è±ð²Ô»åĻå adjective
  • ·É±ð±ô±ô-±ð³æ·±è±ð²Ô»åĻå adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of expend1

1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin expendere “to weigh out, lay out, payâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of expend1

C15: from Latin expendere, from pendere to weigh
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Synonym Study

See spend.
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Example Sentences

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After expending so much blood, sweat and tears to reach the majors, their reward was a single yellowed newspaper box score with their name in it.

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On the other hand, being endothermic could have also contributed to megalodon's extinction, since constantly regulating body temperature like this would have expended more energy and thus required more food.

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Researchers said it appeared the animals, known for resiliency, traveled farther afield to get what they need — likely expending more energy along the way.

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Far too many words have already been expended on treating Trump’s so-called Gaza as something that might actually be attempted, and explaining the many reasons why it isn’t a good idea and wouldn’t work.

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"I would like to take a moment and expend our deepest condolences to people who lost loved ones in this tragedy," she said.

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