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spared

spare
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [spair]
    • /spɛər/
    • /speər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spair]
    • /spɛər/

Definitions of spared word

  • verb with object spared to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy. 1
  • verb with object spared to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for: His harsh criticism spared no one. 1
  • verb with object spared to save from strain, discomfort, embarrassment, or the like, or from a particular cause of it: to spare him the bother; to spare her needless embarrassment. 1
  • verb with object spared to refrain from, forbear, omit, or withhold, as action or speech: Spare us the gory details. 1
  • verb with object spared to refrain from employing, as some instrument or recourse: to spare the rod. 1
  • verb with object spared to set aside for a particular purpose: to spare land for a garden. 1
See all 22 definitions of spared

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Origin of spared

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English sparen, Old English sparian; cognate with Dutch, German sparen, Old Norse spara; (noun and adj.) Middle English; compare Old English spær sparing, frugal (cognate with Old High German spar, Old Norse sparr

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Parts of speech for Spared

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Spared

spared popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for spared

adj spared

  • boxed — A boxed set or collection of things is sold in a box.
  • let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.

verb spared

  • afforded — to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect: The country can't afford another drought.

adjective spared

  • crated — Simple past tense and past participle of crate.
  • leaned — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
  • optioned — the power or right of choosing.

noun spared

  • friended — provided with or accompanied by friends.
  • overdosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdose.
All 8 Synonyms of spared

Antonyms for spared

adjective spared

  • lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
Just one Antonym for spared

Top questions with spared

  • what does spared mean?

Related words

  • agag

    an Amalekite king who was captured and spared by Saul but later killed by Samuel. I Sam. 15.

  • androcles

    (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
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