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- [spair]
- /spɛər/
- /speər/
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- [spair]
- /spɛər/
Definitions of spares word
- verb with object spares to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy. 1
- verb with object spares to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for: His harsh criticism spared no one. 1
- verb with object spares 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 spares to refrain from, forbear, omit, or withhold, as action or speech: Spare us the gory details. 1
- verb with object spares to refrain from employing, as some instrument or recourse: to spare the rod. 1
- verb with object spares to set aside for a particular purpose: to spare land for a garden. 1
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Origin of spares
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 Spares
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spares 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.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
spares usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spares
adjective spares
- adjuvants — Plural form of adjuvant.
- auxiliaries — foreign or allied troops serving another nation; mercenaries
- backups — Plural form of backup.
- beanstalks — Plural form of beanstalk.
- emergencies — Plural form of emergency.
verb spares
- discharges — Plural form of discharge.
- excuses — Plural form of excuse.
- exempts — Plural form of exempt.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
noun spares
- duplicates — Plural form of duplicate.
- overdoses — Plural form of overdose.
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