expend
Meaning of expend
verb
- spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy).
the energy expended in sport could be directed into other areas
late Middle English: from Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’. Compare with spend.
Information about expend
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of expend is: expends.
- Languages in which expend is used:
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Hyphenation of expend
ex-pend
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- expend is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
expend synonyms
Meaning use:
Meaning spend:
Meaning pay out (money from a fund):
Meaning bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on:
Meaning waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner:
Meaning use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose:
Meaning waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources):
Meaning (of wind) move creating an air current:
Meaning spend (money) freely or extravagantly:
Meaning make or become blue:
Meaning make practical and effective use of:
Meaning use up (a resource):
Meaning use up the supply or resources of:
Meaning cause (a valuable resource) to be lost or used up:
Meaning gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power):
Meaning use up (resources or reserves) completely:
Meaning remove all the contents of (a container):
expend antonyms
Meaning keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger:
Meaning protect (something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction:
Translation of expend
- Italian: spendere, consumare, esaurire
- French: dépenser
- German: ausgeben
- Spanish: gastar, acabar, consumir, agotar
Words that rhyme with expend
depend, interdepend, overdepend, prepend, redepend, floccipend, stipend, vilipend, compend, impend, superimpend, propend, append, wappend, parpend, perpend, bespend, despend, dispend, forespend, forspend, misspend, outspend, overspend, presuspend, resuspend, spend, suspend, underspend, stupend, upend, misexpend, overexpend, preexpend
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