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[ ik-spend ] SHOW IPA
/ ɪkˈspɛnd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to use up: She expended energy, time, and care on her work.
to pay out; disburse; spend.
Origin of expend 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin expendere “to weigh out, lay out, pay”
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synonym study for expend 1 . See spend.
OTHER WORDS FROM expend ex·pend·er, noun o·ver·ex·pend, verb pre·ex·pend, verb (used with object) un·ex·pend·ed, adjective
well-ex·pend·ed, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for expend You may not win a medal, but it will help you expend some calories while you watch.
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The assumption is that obesity is fundamentally caused merely by consuming more calories than our bodies choose to expend .
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The fatter we get, the more we need to eat, and the less energy we will expend .
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As Carter writes, “Within the limits of the energy [Letterman] was now willing to expend , he was still trying.”
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Upon confusion like this it is not considered necessary to expend further evidence.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham
There was no school that day, and Steve took them up to West Farms to expend the rest of their hilarity.
A Little Girl in Old New York | Amanda Millie Douglas
I did not reply, and we both soon found it wise to expend no unnecessary breath in talking.
Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World | James Cowan
It would of course be possible to expend much time and many words in argument on this subject.
Creation and Its Records | B.H. Baden-Powell
A33 man not used to these habits may expend twice as much energy and produce half as much work as an efficient man.
A Rational Wages System | Henry Atkinson
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British Dictionary definitions for expend verb (tr) to spend; disburse
to consume or use up
Derived forms of expend expender , noun Word Origin for expend C15: from Latin expendere, from pendere to weigh
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