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spend

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈspɛnd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/spɛnd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(spend)

Inflections of 'spend' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
spends
v 3rd person singular
spending
v pres p
spent
v past
spent
v past p

Collocations for "spend"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "spend" in context.

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spend

Most examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. spend your [money, savings]
  2. went and spent it (all) on [drugs, booze]
  3. spend too much on a [TV, car, computer]
  4. spend (over) [$50]
  5. spend in excess (of)
  6. spending [excessively, wildly, frugally]
  7. spend on [education, healthcare, social security]
  8. spend or [save, invest]
  9. spend time and money on
  10. spend (quality) time together
  11. spent [an hour, the afternoon] [exercising]
  12. spend (most) of my time [exercising]
  13. if you spent more time [studying, working] and less (time) [watching, talking]
  14. should spend more time [exercising, cleaning, working]
  15. spent his [rage, fury, strength]
  16. sexually explicit: spent his seed
n
  1. the [total, gross, net, average] spend
  2. a [total] spend of [$40]
  3. the [total] spend per [family, person, head, household]
  4. an [aggregate, overall] spend of [$500]
  5. the average spend is [$20]
  6. a [heavy, major, significant, light] spend
'spend' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Forum discussions with the word(s) "spend" in the title:

... spend one dollar to earn one point. - English Only forum
...are sufficient for my dad to spend... - English Only forum
''spend v+ing'' vs ''spend on + ving'' - English Only forum
A fun city not just to spend out - English Only forum
a question about spend - English Only forum
a trip to spend a night - English Only forum
accompany vs spend time with - English Only forum
advertising spending vs advertising spend - English Only forum
All I want to do is that I want to spend the whole day there - English Only forum
All we need to do is spend a little time. - English Only forum
allocate / spend [time] - English Only forum
always willing to spend for you - English Only forum
Americans are now able to spend more of their money on having fun - English Only forum
Americans spend more than ...any other nation - English Only forum
And I spend every day reconfiguring my senses - English Only forum
Appliances spend or spending - English Only forum
As it is, crabbers spend from two to four thousand dollars (as it is) - English Only forum
as nightingales must spend - English Only forum
As regular people with bank accounts spend money - English Only forum
at the limit of what you decided you’d spend - English Only forum
Be alone VS Spend time alone - English Only forum
Be careful about what you spend your money on - English Only forum
be to click... and to tap ..., not to spend... - English Only forum
because I spend/have been spending - English Only forum
Because the company had a reputable name, I did not spend sufficient time reading the details of the warranty. - English Only forum
big account surplus...to spend down - English Only forum
But don't spend too many hours in front of the computer ellipses(2) - English Only forum
but the department won't spend the money <on?> - English Only forum
but the department <wouldn't> spend the money. [Reported Speech] - English Only forum
But there were far worse people to spend time with. - English Only forum
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