Spent is the past tense and past participle of spend.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Spent substances or containers have been used and cannot be used again.
Radioactive waste is simply spent fuel.
Several spent cartridges have already been found.
...spent uranium.
More Synonyms of spent
spent in British English
(spɛnt)
verb
1. the past tense and past participle of spend
adjective
2.
used up or exhausted; consumed
3.
(of a fish) exhausted by spawning
spent in American English
(spɛnt)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. pt. & pp. of
spend
adjective
2.
tired out; physically exhausted; without energy
3.
used up; worn out; without power
4.
exhausted of sperm or spawn
Examples of 'spent' in a sentence
spent
The couple met eight years ago after months spent gazing at each other from afar.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The days spent scouring the seas for whales to save are long and dreary.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Research for the book required long days spent sifting through archives.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Gone are the days spent queuing at chaotic booths.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It may have been to mask the facial ravages of four sleepless nights spent fretting over his first war.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Often this is quite understandable as one interview follows another in what may be a period of days spent interviewing.
Fletcher, Clive How to Face Interviews (1981)
He added that detectives had discovered at least 25 spent cartridges at the scene.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
After months spent retraining the army Baghdad must show that it can turn back the tide.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They are lurching to the left, after all those years spent hauling themselves on to centre ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He too has not had much time off over the summer, his days spent compiling training schedules.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A couple of hours spent tidying it is time well spent.
Forrest, Ray & Murie, Alan & Williams, Peter Home-ownership - differentiation and fragmentation (1990)
He paced back and forth, cold and aching from one night too many spent sleeping on hard ground.
Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993)
After years spent honing the lessons, she was on the verge of giving up when people began taking notice.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The first six months of the year should be spent monitoring the budget and the second six months spent planning and approving the new budget.
Christianity Today (2000)
All those years spent trying to stay relevant and then you reach an age when you realise it doesn't matter anymore.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
After years spent researching the subject he concluded that the answers lay in attending church, joining sports clubs and watching soap operas.
Claudia Hammond EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings (2005)
Hours spent beefing up his physique in the gymnasium enabled him to add a yard of pace and he has recorded speeds touching 90mph.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
So, no nights spent throwing TVs out of hotel windows then?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Their first album is the result of hours spent jamming in the cellar of an empty East End pub.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That is just as well, given a past pitted with turmoil and the hours spent crying on the floor this year after making her biggest sacrifice.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Hours spent waiting for anyone to come in and when they do, it's only to ask directions.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
After nine weeks spent fending for themselves, many animals have died and those that remain are starving, thirsty and vulnerable to disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
All related terms of 'spent'
dispend
to spend
outspend
to spend more money than
spend
When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want .
ill-spent
misspent; spent wastefully
spent force
If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force , you mean that they no longer have any power or influence.
spent fuel
nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction
spent gnat
an angler's name for the spinner of various mayflies , esp Ephemeris danica and E. vulgata, particularly when lying spent on the water surface after mating and egg-laying
well-spent
(of time or money) usefully or profitably spent or expended
Chinese translation of 'spent'
spent
(spɛnt)
pt, pp
ofspend
adj
[cartridge, bullets]失去效能的 (shīqù xiàonéng de)
[matches]已用过(過)的 (yǐ yòngguo de)
spend
(spɛnd)
Word forms:ptppspent
vt
[money]花费(費) (huāfèi)
⇒ I spent a hundred pounds on clothes.我花了100英镑买衣服。 (Wǒ huāle yībǎi yīngbàng mǎi yīfu.)
[time, life]度过(過) (dùguò)
⇒ I have spent all my life in this town.我在这个镇上度过了一生。 (Wǒ zài zhège zhèn shang dùguòle yīshēng.)
to spend time/energy on sth在某事上花时(時)间(間)/精力 (zài mǒushì shang huā shíjiān/jīnglì)
to spend time/energy doing sth花时(時)间(間)/精力做某事 (huā shíjiān/jīnglì zuò mǒushì)
to spend the night in a hotel在旅馆(館)度过(過)一晚 (zài lǚguǎn dùguò yī wǎn)
Nearby words of
spent
spelt
spend
spending
spent
sperm
sphere
spice
Related terms of
spent
spend
I spent almost a month in China
he spent a week in bed with flu
1 (adjective)
Definition
used up or exhausted
The money was spent.
Synonyms
used up
finished
They got a grant from the government but they claim that's all finished now.
gone
After two years, all her money was gone.
consumed
expended
2 (adjective)
Definition
used up or exhausted
After all that exertion, we were completely spent.
Synonyms
exhausted
She was too exhausted even to think clearly.
drained
worn out
I was exhausted – worn out by the strain I'd been under.
bushed (informal)
all in (slang)
Have you eaten? You look all in.
shattered (informal)
He was shattered and too tired to concentrate.
weakened
wiped out (informal)
wearied
weary
She sank to the ground, too weary to walk another step.
played out (informal)
burnt out
fagged (out) (informal)
whacked (British, informal)
debilitated
knackered (slang)
I was absolutely knackered at the end of the match.
prostrate
After my mother's death, I was prostrate with grief.
clapped out (British, Australian, New Zealand, informal)
tired out
ready to drop (informal)
dog-tired (informal)
zonked (informal)
dead beat (informal)
shagged out (British, slang)
done in or up (informal)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of all in
Have you eaten? You look all in.
Synonyms
tired,
exhausted,
spent,
done in (informal),
flagging,
drained,
fatigued,
weary,
sleepy,
fagged (informal),
whacked (British, informal),
worn out,
drooping,
knackered (slang),
drowsy,
clapped out (British, Australian, New Zealand, informal),
enervated,
ready to drop,
dog-tired (informal),
zonked (slang),
dead beat (informal),
asleep or dead on your feet (informal)
in the sense of finished
They got a grant from the government but they claim that's all finished now.
Synonyms
spent,
drained,
exhausted,
used up,
done,
gone,
empty,
played out (informal)
in the sense of gone
Definition
no longer present or no longer in existence
After two years, all her money was gone.
Synonyms
used up,
spent,
finished,
consumed
Synonyms of 'spent'
spent
Explore 'spent' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of knackered
Definition
extremely tired
I was absolutely knackered at the end of the match.
Synonyms
exhausted,
worn out,
tired out,
drained,
beat (slang),
done in (informal),
all in (slang),
buggered (British, slang),
debilitated,
prostrated,
enervated,
ready to drop,
dog-tired (informal),
zonked (slang),
dead tired,
dead beat (slang)
in the sense of prostrate
Definition
physically or emotionally exhausted
After my mother's death, I was prostrate with grief.
Synonyms
exhausted,
overcome,
depressed,
drained,
spent,
worn out,
desolate,
dejected,
inconsolable,
at a low ebb,
fagged out (informal)
in the sense of shattered
Definition
completely exhausted
He was shattered and too tired to concentrate.
Synonyms
exhausted,
drained,
worn out,
spent,
done in (informal),
all in (slang),
wiped out (informal),
weary,
knackered (slang),
clapped out (British, Australian, New Zealand, informal),
tired out,
ready to drop,
dog-tired (informal),
zonked (slang),
dead tired (informal),
dead beat (informal),
shagged out (British, slang),
jiggered (informal)
in the sense of weary
Definition
very tired
She sank to the ground, too weary to walk another step.
Synonyms
tired,
exhausted,
drained,
worn out,
spent,
done in (informal),
flagging,
all in (slang),
fatigued,
wearied,
sleepy,
fagged (informal),
whacked (British, informal),
jaded,
drooping,
knackered (slang),
drowsy,
clapped out (Australian, New Zealand, informal),
enervated,
ready to drop,
dog-tired (informal),
zonked (slang),
dead beat (informal),
asleep or dead on your feet (informal)
in the sense of worn out
Definition
completely exhausted
I was exhausted – worn out by the strain I'd been under.