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- [spent]
- /spɛnt/
- /spent/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spent]
- /spɛnt/
Definitions of spent word
- verb spent simple past tense and past participle of spend. 1
- verb spent used up; consumed. 1
- verb spent tired; worn-out; exhausted. 1
- verb with object spent to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money. 1
- verb with object spent to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding: Don't spend much time on it. 1
- verb with object spent to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.: We spent a few days in Baltimore. 1
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Origin of spent
First appearance:
before 1125 One of the 6% oldest English words
1125-75; Middle English spenden, continuing Old English -spendan (in āspendan, forspendan to spend entirely or utterly) < West Germanic < Latin expendere to pay out, expend; compare German spenden
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Parts of speech for Spent
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spent popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% 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.
spent usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spent
adj spent
- all gone — finished, used up
- all in — If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
- all over — All over a place means in every part of it.
- all shook up — shaken, upset
- asthmatic — People who suffer from asthma are sometimes referred to as asthmatics.
verb spent
- catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.
- gave — simple past tense of give.
- gobbled — Simple past tense and past participle of gobble.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- outlaid — simple past tense and past participle of outlay.
adjective spent
- comatose — A person who is comatose is in a coma.
- consumed — If you are consumed with a feeling or idea, it affects you very strongly indeed.
- depleted — reduced or exhausted
- disbursed — Pay out (money from a fund).
- emphysematous — (medicine) Related, similar to or involving emphysema; swollen, bloated.
Antonyms for spent
verb spent
- accrued — to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- achieved — Reach or attain (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage.
- amassed — to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money.
- attained — to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals.
- banked — A banked stretch of road is higher on one side than the other.
adjective spent
- activated — to make active; cause to function or act.
- energised — Alternative spelling of energized.
- energized — Simple past tense and past participle of energize.
- hoarded — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- misspent — spent wrongly or unwisely; wasted: misspent youth.
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