Spend
verb
To use money to buy or pay for something.
I spent a lot of money on my new car
Often appears as...
- spend money
- spend time
verb
To use time doing something or being somewhere.
We spent the whole day at the beach
Often appears as...
- spend the day
- spend time
verb
To use energy, effort, or a particular quality in order to do something.
She spent a lot of energy in preparing for the marathon
Often appears as...
- spend energy
- spend effort
verb
To stay somewhere for the night.
We decided to spend the night at a motel
Often appears as...
- spend the night
- spend a night
verb
To allow (something) to discharge, to go empty.
The rocket spent its fuel and fell back to earth
Often appears as...
- spend fuel
- spend batteries
verb
To use money to buy or pay for something.
I spent a lot of money on my new car
Often appears as...
- spend money
- spend time
verb
To use time doing something or being somewhere.
We spent the whole day at the beach
Often appears as...
- spend the day
- spend time
verb
To use energy, effort, or a particular quality in order to do something.
She spent a lot of energy in preparing for the marathon
Often appears as...
- spend energy
- spend effort
verb
To stay somewhere for the night.
We decided to spend the night at a motel
Often appears as...
- spend the night
- spend a night
verb
To allow (something) to discharge, to go empty.
The rocket spent its fuel and fell back to earth
Often appears as...
- spend fuel
- spend batteries
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Financial context
Use 'spend' when talking about money, implying a transfer of wealth for goods or services.
I need to spend less on eating out.
Pro Tip 2/3Spend wisely
'Spend' can have a positive or negative connotation based on context, suggesting wise or reckless financial choices.
He spends wisely, investing in his education.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocation nuance
Different collocations can imply various intentions, like 'spend money' (generic) versus 'spend a fortune' (large amount).
They spent a fortune on their wedding.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial context
Use 'spend' when talking about money, implying a transfer of wealth for goods or services.
I need to spend less on eating out.
Pro Tip 2/3Spend wisely
'Spend' can have a positive or negative connotation based on context, suggesting wise or reckless financial choices.
He spends wisely, investing in his education.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocation nuance
Different collocations can imply various intentions, like 'spend money' (generic) versus 'spend a fortune' (large amount).
They spent a fortune on their wedding.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial context
Use 'spend' when talking about money, implying a transfer of wealth for goods or services.
I need to spend less on eating out.
Pro Tip 2/3Spend wisely
'Spend' can have a positive or negative connotation based on context, suggesting wise or reckless financial choices.
He spends wisely, investing in his education.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocation nuance
Different collocations can imply various intentions, like 'spend money' (generic) versus 'spend a fortune' (large amount).
They spent a fortune on their wedding.
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and we spent much of our history coming up with ways to detect them, from medieval torture devices to polygraphs, blood-pressure and breathing monitors, voice-stress analyzers, eye trackers, infrared brain scanners, and even the 400-pound electroencephalogram. But although such tools have worked under certain circumstances,
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is so complex and so expensive that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student just to become a neuroscientist to get access to these tools.
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And as the days roll by, the cubs continue to thrive under Giles's watchful eye. So, we try and spend a little bit of time with them every day. It's really important, because, ultimately, from day one, we've been building a bond with them. And the fact that they just get used to hearing my voice
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Video examples
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So social scientists have spent a lot of time looking at the effects of our body language, or other people's body language, on judgments. And we make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language. And those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
I've ever seen in my life and I've spent my entire life underwater. and I've seen plenty of tiger sharks. This was like a truck. This was a huge tiger shark and it was coming right for me. That's when I did have a little bit of a panic.
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That's the most important thing to me - that if I'm gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it's very important for me to know that I'm working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we're going for something together.
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Life well spent is long.
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American Actress
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Morgan Freeman
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.
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Will Rogers
American Actor
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
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American Coach
I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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Life well spent is long.
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