expend
verb /ɪkˈspend/
/ɪkˈspend/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they expend | /ɪkˈspend/ /ɪkˈspend/ |
| he / she / it expends | /ɪkˈspendz/ /ɪkˈspendz/ |
| past simple expended | /ɪkˈspendɪd/ /ɪkˈspendɪd/ |
| past participle expended | /ɪkˈspendɪd/ /ɪkˈspendɪd/ |
| -ing form expending | /ɪkˈspendɪŋ/ /ɪkˈspendɪŋ/ |
- to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc.
- expend something (in/on something) She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.
- expend something in/on doing something Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim through the court.
- expend something doing something Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food.
Extra Examples- I am not prepared to expend any more effort on this project.
- the amount of time expended in cleaning
- Try to get the best result without expending too much time and effort.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryExpend is used with these nouns as the object:- calorie
- capital
- effort
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’. Compare with spend.