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Definition: Spend |
SpendVerb1. Pass in a specific way; as of time; "How are you spending your summer vacation?". 2. Pay out; "spend money". 3. Spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spend" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Spend \Spend\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Spent; Spending.]. (references) |
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Mining | A. To break ground; to continue working. b. To exhaust by mining; to dig out; used in the phrase, to spend groun. (references) |
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Synonyms: SpendSynonyms: drop (v), expend (v), pass (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Business | Verb: pass one's time in, employ one's time in, spend one's time in; employ oneself in, employ oneself upon; occupy oneself with, concern oneself with; make it one's business; Noun: undertake; enter a profession; betake oneself to, turn one's hand to; have to do with; (do). |
Ejection | Verb: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, secern; extravasate, shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop; perspire; (exude); breathe, blow; (wind). |
Expenditure | Verb: expend, spend; run through, get through; pay, disburse; ante, ante up; pony up; open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings; lay out, shell out, fork out, fork over; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money. |
Giving | Concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast; spend. |
Inactivity | Idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time; spend time in, take time in; peddle, piddle; potter, pudder, dabble, faddle fribble, fiddle-faddle; dally, dilly-dally. |
Liberality | Verb: be liberal;Adjective: spend freely, bleed freely; shower down upon; open one's purse strings; (disburse); spare no expense, give carte blanche. |
Purchase | Keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn; pay; spend;. |
Time | Pass time, pass away time, spend time, while away time, consume time, talk against time; tide over; use time, employ time; seize an opportunity; waste time; (be inactive). |
Waste | Verb: spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Have you ever fallen in love with someone you haven't even talked to? Have you ever been so alone you spend the night confusing a man in a coma (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric LeBow.) How many years you spend pissing on a toilet seat before someone told you to put it up (The Green Mile; writing credit: Frank Darabont) I want to spend the night with you. (Big; writing credit: Gary Ross; Anne Spielberg) To spend his life pining for you, and to die miserable and alone (Twister; writing credit: Michael Crichton; Anne-Marie Martin) Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil who is standing center stage advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) | |
Lyrics | You probably spend hours on the phone (Invisible Man; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, and Steve Kipner) When I spend my last dime to be in your life (I Don't Wanna; performing artist: Aaliyah) I could spend my life in this sweet surrender (I Don't Want To Miss A Thing; performing artist: AEROSMITH) I'm not looking forward to the night I will spend (Sweet Dreams; performing artist: Air Supply) And I want to spend my life with you ("Let's Stay Together"; performing artist: Al Green) | |
Clever | Monday is an awful way to spend 1 7th of your life. (references; author: unknown) Time is like money: You can either spend, waste, or invest! (references; author: unknown) How would you like to spend eternity: smoking or non-smoking? (references; author: unknown) Live for Jesus now and spend the rest of eternity in the non-smoking section. (references; author: unknown) A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward. (references; author: unknown) | |
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Song Titles | LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER (performing artist: Rolling Stones ) | |
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![]() | What a great way to spend the day - surf fishing near Vandenburg AFB. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Dr. James P. McVey deciding how to spend the money. Credit: Small World. |
![]() | Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Ryan addressed several Air Force issues Nov. 23, when he visited Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with airmen from the 39th Wing and people deployed there to support Operation Northern Watc. | ![]() | Spend Time with a Friend who has AIDs Poster. |
![]() | If you're planning to have sex in the next 30 years, spend 2 minutes reading this. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | The only tune that he could play was spend and spend, and pay and pay. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Winter pastimes. Thinking how much more wisely you could spend the amount of your income tax than ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Death on economy. U.S. "I suppose I must spend a little on life-saving service, life-boat stations, life-boats, surf-boats, etc.; but it is too bad to be obliged to waste so much money" / Th. Nast. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Manzanar, Calif., May 1942--Girls at the ice cream bar in the community store of the War relocation authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration of the war Foreground, left to right, Florence Yamaguchi, Nancy Kawashimi, Flo. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Lumberjacks in hotel lobby at Durman Hotel, Little Forks, Minnesota. Many of the men that rise early spend a few hours here reading and talking before going to work. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Oldplumbing" by Marty Weis Commentary: "Some of the old plumbing in my basement...i don't spend much time down there, but maybe i should ;)." | "Rose and chapel" by C.H. So Commentary: "They do spend alot of money on the roses!!!." |
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| Author | Quotation |
George Herbert | Spend not on hopes. |
Jules Renard | We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life. |
Plautus | You must spend money, if you wish to make money. |
Richard Whately | Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. |
Samuel Johnson | Whatever you have spend less. |
Thomas Jefferson | Never spend your money before you have earned it. |
Walter F. Mondale | I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns. |
William James | To spend life for something which outlasts it. |
William Shakespeare | Men ne'er spend their fury on a child. |
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John Locke | 1690 | I have here rated the improved land very low, in making its product but as ten to one, when it is much nearer an hundred to one: for I ask, whether in the wild woods and uncultivated waste of America, left to nature, without any improvement, tillage or husbandry, a thousand acres yield the needy and wretched inhabitants as many conveniencies of life, as ten acres of equally fertile land do in Devonshire, where they are well cultivated? Before the appropriation of land, he who gathered as much of the wild fruit, killed, caught, or tamed, as many of the beasts, as he could; he that so imployed his pains about any of the spontaneous products of nature, as any way to alter them from the state which nature put them in, by placing any of his labour on them, did thereby acquire a propriety in them: but if they perished, in his possession, without their due use; if the fruits rotted, or the venison putrified, before he could spend it, he offended against the common law of nature, and was liable to be punished; he invaded his neighbour's share, for he had no right, farther than his use called for any of them, and they might serve to afford him conveniencies of life. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | He had walked up one day after dinner, as he very often did, to spend his evening at Hartfield |
Contact | Carl Sagan | You can spend a lot of yourtime in litigation |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They spend their time in playing dominoes |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Spend all their time looking |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I like sometimes to take rank hold on life and spend my day more as the animals do. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | We typically spend more than 2 hours each night dreaming. (references) | |
Infants, by contrast, spend about half of their sleep time in REM sleep. (references) | ||
You do not need to spend a lot of time or money on house cleaning activities. (references) | ||
Business | People between 65 and 79 spend the most time watching TV (149 minutes). (references) | |
Therefore, manufacturers spend time and effort to build up their brand image. (references) | ||
For 1999, Belgians were expected to spend approximately USD 10 billion on travel. (references) | ||
Children | India | The state governments also spend part of their budgets on education, but no comprehensive figure of combined federal-state expenditure on education is available. (references) |
Moldova | Observers allege that women begging on the streets of Chisinau often sedate their babies in order to spend long hours begging without having to take time out to attend to their babies' needs. (references) | |
Brazil | In 2000 a study in the city of Sao Paulo found 609 children living permanently on the street; a much greater number of children spend their days on the streets, but have families with whom they spend the night. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Germany | The law also decreased the period of residence legal foreign residents must spend in the country in order to earn the right to naturalize from 15 to 8 years. (references) |
Indonesia | Laws and decrees from the 1970's limit the number of years that foreign missionaries may spend in the country, although some extensions were granted in remote areas like Papua. (references) | |
Economic History | Ireland | Irish companies spend in excess of $244 million on direct marketing services annually. (references) |
Human Rights | Hungary | Some programs allow prisoners to spend weekends at home. (references) |
France | Some suspects spend many years in prison before a trial. (references) | |
Vanuatu | Defendants spend extended periods in detention due to judicial inefficiency. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Australia | In 2001-02 the Government plans to spend approximately $1.2 billion (A$2.34 billion) on indigenous-specific programs in areas such as health, housing, education, and employment. (references) |
Minorities | Mozambique | In addition the President, Prime Minister, and Cabinet members continued to spend a significant amount of time in the provinces during the year. (references) |
Political Economy | Botswana | However, some Batswana would prefer to see the government save less and spend more to spread the country's wealth more equitably. (references) |
Political Rights | Zimbabwe | In 2000 the High Court ruled that ZANU-PF could not spend the MDC share until the matter was resolved. (references) |
Pakistan | An appointed civil servant administers these areas; an elected Northern Areas Council serves only in an advisory capacity and has no authority to change laws or to raise and spend revenue. (references) | |
Trade | Poland | These banks offer counseling services to western firms on regulations and business practices in Poland, and some spend considerable time counseling Polish businesses on western business practices, business plans, and financial plans. (references) |
Travel | Bahamas | Some taxi drivers are willing, for a prearranged fee, to spend the entire day with a single customer. (references) |
Sweden | Swedish business people appear to be willing to spend more time discussing a situation than do Americans. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | If you plan to spend a week or more in Abidjan, you may wish to hire a car and driver for transportation around the city. (references) | |
Women | Cuba | The FMC also asserted that 11,200 women had received land parcels to cultivate, that more than 561,000 women had begun working as agricultural workers, and that women devoted 34 hours a week to domestic work, approximately the same number of hours they spend working outside the home. (references) |
Jordan | Although few defendants are able to meet the stringent requirements for a crime of honor defense (the defendant personally must have witnessed the female victim engaging in sexual relations), most avoid trial for the crime of murder, and are tried instead on the charge of manslaughter; even those convicted of murder rarely spend more than 2 years in prison. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Poland | They may spend a few months in Poland before they are trafficked further west. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
David Berkowitz | Well, because I work and go to chapel and so forth, I can spend a good portion of my day outside of the cell. |
Donald Rumsfeld | Oh, certainly. I've been there several times, and I intend to. We spend a lot of time thinking about it. It's terribly important that they succeed. |
James Dobson | Of course. Of course. And this is why, you know, I spend as much time as I do talking about our social responsibilities. I want to help parents raise their kids. I want to deal with marriage and other aspects of family life. |
Linda Fairstein | I am always writing, but the violence issue is my passion, and I spend a lot of nonprofit time doing work on that issue. |
Martha Stewart | So how can we help you spend more time with your children, not waste time doing silly things, or things that are everyday things that you have to do, but we could help you do them much faster. |
Prince Albert of Monaco | Yeah, yeah. You know, sometimes the press says, oh, I'm closer to Stephanie because I'm closer in age, or that I spend more time with her. But I'm equally close to Caroline as I am to Stephanie. |
Rush Limbaugh | It's mind-boggling to think that we need to spend money on ads to remind our military personnel to keep secrets! |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United States corporations. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | To achieve this end, the United States will continue to spend a greater portion of its national production than any other people in the free world. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | But it points us in the right direction--allowing taxpayers rather than the Government to spend their pay. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Well, at last there is agreement that we can't spend ourselves rich. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Every year doctors and nurses spend more time on paperwork and less on patients because of the bureaucratic nightmare the present system has become. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Again, I repeat, we're willing to spend more money. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Spend" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 69.87% of the time. "Spend" is used about 7,494 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 69.87% | 5,236 | 1,868 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 29.82% | 2,235 | 3,943 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.27% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (common) | 0.03% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7,494 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "spend": run up bills spend ♦ spend a lot ♦ spend a lot of money ♦ spend a penny ♦ spend a wakeful night ♦ spend all one's time in sleep ♦ spend all smb.'s money ♦ spend chatting ♦ spend everything ♦ spend in traveling ♦ spend money ♦ spend money like water ♦ spend on booze ♦ spend on drink ♦ spend on food ♦ spend on smoking ♦ spend on sweets ♦ spend on the phone ♦ spend one's holiday reading ♦ spend one's time ♦ spend oneself ♦ spend prodigally ♦ spend the day ♦ spend the night ♦ spend the night at one's home ♦ spend the summer ♦ spend the time ♦ spend the winter ♦ spend the winter in ♦ spend time ♦ spend time in ♦ spend time in doing ♦ spend time on smth. ♦ spend too much money. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "spend": spend-all, spend-thrift. | |
Ending with "spend": tax-and-spend. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "spend"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | spandeer (dedicate, devote, pay, pay out), oordra (convey, hand, hand over, pass), deurbring (pass), aangee (accord, accuse, denounce, give, pass). (various references) | |
Albanian | shter (drain, exhaust, stew), shpenzoj (consume, expend, outlay, rate), prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck, zap), mbaroj (be over, call it a day, cease, close, decline, despatch, die, dispatch, do, drink up, eat up, end, finish, get through, go out, lapse, perish, peter out, surcease, terminate, wind up), kaloj (alternate, beguile, come by, come round, cross, cut, devolve, elapse, exceed, float, get by, glide, go, go by, go off, go past, negotiate, outbalance, overstep, pass, passage, ram, run, run in, rush by, skip, slip by, slip past, span, strain, take across, track, transcend, transgress, turn, undergo, witness), harxhoj (consume, dissipate, eat, expend, expense, finish, fritter, invest, melt, outlay, scatter, skittle away, squander, trifle away, use up). (various references) | |
Arabic | بذل (offer, to give), نهك (exhaust, fatigue, fray, frazzle, gruel, harass, jade, macerate, overdo, overload, overstrain, prostrate, wear), قضى (accomplish, carry out, decree, execute, foreordain, ordain, pay, predestine, preordain, require, settle), ضنى (exhaust, hardship, languish, tire, tucker), إستعمل (anticipate, bestow, employ, ply, use), إستخدم (employ, engage, exercise, exploit, harness, hire, hunt, indent, involve, take on, use, utilize), أمضى, أنفق الثروة, أنفق (disburse, exhaust, expend, lay out, outlay, pass away, put in, spend the time), بذل (do, exert, extend), بذر (blow, disseminate, dissipate, drill, fritter, inseminate, run through, sow, sowing, squander, waste), بدد (burn, dally, dawdle, devour, disperse, dissipate, fool, fritter, melt, resolve, scatter, slattern, spoil, squander, throwaway, waste). (various references) | |
Basque | eukiko (will spend). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | утихвам (calm down, fall, quiet, subside, tranquilize), разходвам, хвърлям хайвера си (spawn), харча (hand out, invest, lay out), отдавам (attach, devote, give, impute, pay, refer, render, set down), загубвам (lapse, lose), жертвувам (immolate, sacrifice), пропилявам (fritter away, misspend, muddle away, riot away, run through, wanton), прекарвам (convey, have, lead, pass, pass away, pilot, reside, run, spin out, take over, wheel), похарчвам (dispose of, sell), потрошавам (break, drop), изразходвам (disburse, drain, eat up, exhaust, expend, spin out, use up), изтощавам (bucket, crock, deplete, distress, do in, emaciate, exhaust, extend, fag, farm out, fatigue, frazzle, gruel, impoverish, kill, leech, overcrop, overwork, play out, poop, prostrate, pump, pump out, punish, rack, reduce, run down, sew up, tire out, tucker, waste). (various references) | |
Chinese | 花费 (Costing), 度過 (pass). (various references) | |
Czech | strávit (consume, digest, stomach), vynaložit (apply, expend), vydat peníze, vyèerpat se (become exhausted, give out, run out), vìnovat (dedicate, devote, give, give up, pay, put in), utratit (destroy, expend, go through, outlay, use up), trávit èas. (various references) | |
Danish | give ud (pay out). (various references) | |
Dutch | spenderen (dedicate, devote, pay out), spanderen (dedicate, devote, pay out), besteden (pay out). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pasigi (pass), elspezi (pay out). (various references) | |
Faeroese | liggja nátt (pass the night, spend the night). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرداخت کردن (Buffer, Burnish, Disburse, Give, Scour), تمام شدن (Go, Pass, Peter, Poop), تحلیل رفتن قوا, صرف کردن (Conjugate, Expend, Have, Inflect), صرف شدن , خرج کردن (Disburse, Expend, Outlay). (various references) | |
Finnish | viettää (celebrate, descend, incline slant, pass, slope). (various references) | |
French | passer, dépenser. (various references) | |
Frisian | oanrikke (convey, hand, hand over, pass), oanlangje (convey, hand, hand over, pass), oanjaan (accord, give, pass). (various references) | |
German | verbringen (live out, pass, put in, to spend), zubringen (bring to, get closed, get done up, get shut, pass, put in, take to), aufwenden (expend, use). (various references) | |
Greek | ξοδεύω (consume, lay out, pay out, spend money). (various references) | |
Guarani | jahasáta (we shall spend). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לבזבז (dissipate, muddle, spoil, squander, waste), הוציא (take out). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tölt (fed, fill, load, pour, to charge, to feed, to fill, to line, to pass, to recharge), költ (bred, expend, poetize, to breed, to brood, to cover eggs, to expend, to incubate, to versify), használ (do good to, employ, exert, make use of, to apply, to avail, to employ, to exert, to ply, to use, turn to account, use, utilize). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menghabisi (end, finish off, wipe out), membiayakan, membelanjakan (expend). (various references) | |
Irish | caith. (various references) | |
Italian | passare (be passed, be taken for, call at, cross, elapse, get through, give, go beyond, go by, go through, hand, hand on, happen, help, lapse, pass, pass off, put, put through, roll by, roll on, run, see out, slip, stop by, strain, switch, take place, to pass, transfer), spendere (expend, hand out, pay out). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 明かす (to divulge, to pass, to reveal). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あかす (to bore, to divulge, to glut, to pass, to reveal, to satiate, to tire, to weary). (various references) | |
Korean | 쓰십시요 (Write). (various references) | |
Luganda | kumala. (various references) | |
Manx | ceau (aim, carry, consume, corner, corner on road, dart, fall, hang, last, loose, pass, pelt, rain, rake, run out, shoot, shower; launch, shy; weather, throw, wear), baarail (expend, expenditure). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | endspay.(various references) | |
Polish | spędzać (pass), wydawać (pay out). (various references) | |
Portuguese | gastar (batter, consume, disburse, expend, go, pay out, run out of, run through, scuff, serve, take, waste). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | passe. (various references) | |
Romanian | se uza (fret, rub, wear, wear out), se termina (be up, close, come out, finish, go out, pass, pass off, perish, peter out, rest, terminate), sacrifica (immolate, sacrifice, slaughter, victimize), termina (accomodate, accomplish, achieve, bring to an end, clear up, close, complete, conclude, do, end, finish, get over, have done, liquidate, mop up, pack it in, shoot away, stop, terminate, wind up), risipi (broadcast, cast away, chase, chuck away, clear, consume, crumble, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, quiet, remove, repel, riot, scatter, settle, solve, sprinkle, squander, strew, throw away, vanish, waste), petrece (accompany, carouse, celebrate, end, feast, frolic, go with, happen, junket, live, make good cheer, pass, revel, spree, suffer, undergo), irosi (cast away, consume, dissipate, fiddle, idle, muddle away, squander, waste), epuiza (consume, crock, deplete, distress, drain, drive, emaciate, exhaust, jade, outwork, overdrive, prostrate, use up, waste), consuma (consume, corrode, destroy, exhaust, take, use, waste, worry), consacra (assign, consecrate, dedicate to, devote to, establish, give, hallow, sanctify, sanction), cheltui (blue, consume, employ, expend, outlay, scatter, squander, transact money, waste). (various references) | |
Russian | тратить (expend, hand out, outlaid, spends, spent). (various references) | |
Scottish | cosg (pay out), cosd (cost, waste), caith (cast, exhaust, wear). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | trošiti (consume, dig into, disburse), provoditi, provesti (carry out, guide, instal, install, put in, show through). (various references) | |
Sicilian | passari (to spend). (various references) | |
Spanish | pasar (blow over, bypass, come, come about, come by, come down, come in, come off, cross, dilute, draw, elapse, enact, ensue, expend, function, gait, get, get across, get by, get over, get through, give, go, go by, go off, go on, go over, go past, go through, goffer, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, happen, kick around, knot, lapse, last, light out, line, live, live through, move, occupy, occur, outdo, overstep, overtake, pass, pass across, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pass round, passing, pop in, post, proceed, put across, put down, reach, relay, render, ride by, roll by, run, shift, skip, smuggle, strain, suffer, swallow, take away, throw out, tick away, tick by, to pass, to spend, touch, tough, turn, turn about, turn around, turn over, wear off, wear on, while), gastar (burn, cash, consume, expend, get through, go through, lay out, outwear, part with, pay out, play, run through, sink, sport, squander, waste, wear, wear away, wear down, wear out, wear through), llegar (arrive, blow in, break through, bring up, catch, come, come across, come in, come of, come over, come round, come through, dock, draw in, end up, get, get around, get in, immigrate, infiltrate, invade, jockey, land, last out, pass, pull in, reach, ride up, roll along, roll in, roll up, throw out, to arrive, top off, touch down, travel, turn up, vaporize), entregar (concede, consign, convey, deliver, fetch, furnish, give, give in, give over, give up, hand, hand in, hand over, Lodge, part with, pass, render, render up, serve, show up, submit, supply, surrender, throw, turn in, turn over, yield), alargar (accord, convey, draw out, drop, dwell on, elongate, extend, give, hand, hand over, hold out, lengthen, let down, pass, protract, put forth, put out, reach, spin out, strech out, throw out, touch). (various references) | |
Swedish | tillbringa (pass), spendera, förbruka (consume, exhaust, expend, use up). (various references) | |
Tswana | rena. (various references) | |
Turkish | sperm dökmek, sarfetmek (call forth, consume, expend), tüketmek (consume, deplete, destroy, dispose of, drain, eat, eat up, erode, exhaust, expend, extinguish, finish, swallow up, use up, waste, wear away, wear out, whittle away, whittle off, work out), para harcamak (disburse, put one's hand in one's pocket, spend money), harcamak (consume, dally away, employ, exert, expend, lay out, put forth, put out, spin out, swallow up, use up, waste), geçirmek (bash, carry, come through, communicate, conduct, Dot, dot smb. one, extrude, fetch, get over, get through, make pass, outstay, pass, pass away, pass on, post, put in, reach, scarf, screw, see off, see smb. to the door, show smb. to the door, slip, spin out, stick, swipe, take in, transfer, transmit, undergo, while away, wile away, work out), etkisini azaltmak (cushion, dilute, make nonsense of, stultify, vitiate). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яitirmek (give up, lose), harзlamak (expend, waste), harajat etmek (expend, use up). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | витрачатися, витрачати (consume, disburse, dispend, expend, hand out, throw away, use, use up, ware, waste). (various references) | |
Welsh | treulio (consume, digest, transact money, wear), gwario, bwrw (cast, imagine, shed, strike, suppose, throw, woof). (various references) | |
Wolof | yenduleen (May you spend the night), yenduji (spend the day out), yendoo (spend the day with), fanaan (spend the night). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acta, actu, actum, acturi, acturum, acturus, actus, aestiva, aestivo, agam, agamus, agant, agantur, agar, agarenos, agareos, agas, agat, agatis, agatur, age, agebant, agebat, agebatur, agendo, agendum, agens, agent, agente, agentes, agentibus, agentis, agentium, agere, agerent, agerentur, ageret, ageretur, ages, aget, agetis, agi, agimus, agis, agit, agite, agitur, ago, agunt, aguntur, consumam, consumant, consumantur, consumas, consumat, consumatur, consume, consumendus, consumens, consumentur, consumere, consumerem, consumerentur, consumeretur, consumeris, consumet, consumetur, consumi, consumit, consumitur, consumpserat, consumpseris, consumpserunt, consumpsi, consumpsimus, consumpsit, consumpta, consumptae, consumptaque, consumptas, consumpti, consumptis, consumptisque, consumptum, consumptura, consumptus, consumptusque, conteram, conteramus, conterantur, conteras, conterat, conteratis, conteratur, contere, conterebam, conterendam, conterendos, conterendum, conterens, conterent, conterentur, conterere, contererentur, contereret, contereris, conteres, conteret, conteretur, conteris, conteritis, conteritur, conterunt, contrita, contritae, contritaeque, contriti, contritis, contrito, contritos, contritum, contritus, contriverim, contriverit, contrivero, contriverunt, contrivi, contrivisset, contrivisti, contrivit, dependente, dependentia, egerant, egerat, egere, egerim, egerimus, egerint, egeris, egerit, egeritis, egerunt, egeruntque, egi, egimus, egissent, egisset, egisti, egistis, egit, expendere, imple, impleam, impleamini, impleamur, impleamus, impleant, impleantque, impleantur, implearis, impleas, impleat, impleatis, impleatque, impleatur, implebant, implebat, implebimus, implebis, implebit, implebitis, implebitur, implebo, implebor, implebunt, implebuntur, implens, implent, implentes, impleo, implere, implerem, implerent, implerentur, impleret, impleretur, impleri, imples, implesset, implesti, implestis, implet, impleta, impletae, implete, impleti, impletique, impletis, impletisque, impletum, impletur, impletus, impleverant, impleverat, impleverint, impleveris, impleverit, implevero, impleverunt, implevi, implevimus, implevit, implevitque, inpendam, inpende, inpendebant, inpendere, inpensa, inpensas, obduco, prodigo, superinpendar. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 20, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ekrinen gar o pauloV parapleusai thn efeson opwV mh genhtai autw cronotribhsai en th asia espeuden gar ei dunaton hn autw thn hmeran thV penthkosthV genesqai eiV ierosoluma |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Proposuerat enim Paulus transnavigare Ephesum ne qua mora illi fieret in Asia festinabat enim si possibile sibi esset ut diem pentecosten faceret Hierosolymis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Poul purposide to schip ouer to Efesi, lest ony tariyng were maad to hym in Asie; for he hiyede, if it were possible to hym, that he schulde be in the dai of Pentecost at Jerusalem. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For Paul had determined to leave Ephesus as they sayled because he wolde not spende ye tyme in Asia. For he hasted to be (yf he coulde possible) at Ierusalem at the daye of pentecoste. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 20, Verse 16 |
| Albanian | Sepse Pali kishte vendosur të lundronte pa u ndalur në Efes, që të mos humbiste kohë në Azi; sepse nxitonte që të ndodhej, po të ishte e mundur, në Jeruzalem ditën e Rrëshajëve. |
| Cebuano | Kay tuyo man ugod ni Pablo ang pagsaylo lamang sa Efeso aron dili siya kausikan ug panahon didto sa Asia; kay siya nagdali sa pag-abut sa Jerusalem, kon mahimo, sa adlaw sa Pentecostes. |
| Croatian | Jer Pavao je odluèio mimoiæi Efez da se ne bi zadržao u Aziji: žurio se da, uzmogne li, na dan Pedesetnice bude u Jeruzalemu. |
| Danish | Thi Paulus havde besluttet at sejle Efesus forbi, for at det ikke skulde hændes, at han blev opholdt i Asien; thi han hastede for at komme til Jerusalem på Pinsedagen, om det var ham muligt. |
| Finnish | Sillä Paavali oli päättänyt purjehtia Efeson ohitse, ettei häneltä kuluisi aikaa Aasiassa; sillä hän kiiruhti joutuakseen, jos suinkin mahdollista, helluntaiksi Jerusalemiin. |
| French | Paul avait résolu de passer devant Éphèse sans s`y arrêter, afin de ne pas perdre de temps en Asie; car il se hâtait pour se trouver, si cela lui était possible, à Jérusalem le jour de la Pentecôte. |
| German | Denn Paulus hatte beschlossen, an Ephesus vorüberzuschiffen, daß er nicht müßte in Asien Zeit zubringen; denn er eilte, auf den Pfingsttag zu Jerusalem zu sein, so es ihm möglich wäre. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Paulus telah menetapkan untuk tidak singgah di Efesus, supaya jangan membuang waktu di daerah Asia. Sedapat mungkin ia ingin cepat-cepat sampai di Yerusalem pada hari raya Pentakosta. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena maksud Paulus akan berlayar melintas Epesus, supaya jangan berlambatan di tanah Asia sebab ia hendak bangat, kalau boleh ia tiba di Yeruzalem pada hari raya Pentakosta. |
| Italian | Paolo aveva deciso di passare al largo di Efeso per evitare di subire ritardi nella provincia d'Asia: gli premeva di essere a Gerusalemme, se possibile, per il giorno della Pentecoste. |
| Maori | I mea hoki a Paora kia rere i waho ake o Epeha, kei roa ia ki Ahia: i porangi hoki me kore e rokohanga atu ia e te ra o te Petekoha ki Hiruharama. |
| Norwegian | For Paulus hadde satt sig fore å seile Efesus forbi, så han ikke skulde bli heftet i Asia; for han hastet for å nå frem til Jerusalem til pinsedag, om det var ham mulig. |
| Portuguese | Porque Paulo havia determinado passar ao largo de Éfeso, para não se demorar na Ásia; pois se apressava para estar em Jerusalém no dia de Pentecostes, se lhe fosse possível. |
| Rumanian | Pavel se hotqrkse sq treacq pe lkngq Efes, fqrq sq se opreascq aici, ca sq nu peardq vremea kn Asia; cqci se grqbea ca, dacq -i va fi cu putinyq, sq fie kn Ierusalim de ziua Cincizecimii. |
| Shuar | Pápruka Jerusarénnum wari wétajtsa wakerimiayi, Pintikiustís naartin Jístatin pachiinkiataj tusa. Tuma asamtai, Asia nunkanam ti Núkap pujustinian nakitiak "Ipisiunam wéchattajai" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | pues Pablo había decidido pasar de largo a Éfeso para no detenerse en Asia; porque, de serle posible, se apresuraba para pasar el día de Pentecostés en Jerusalén. |
| Swahili | Paulo alikuwa amekusudia kuendelea na safari kwa meli bila kupitia Efeso ili asikawie zaidi huko Asia. Alikuwa na haraka ya kufika Yerusalemu kwa sikukuu ya Pentekoste kama ingewezekana. |
| Swedish | Paulus hade nämligen beslutit att segla förbi Efesus, för att icke fördröja sig i provinsen Asien; ty han påskyndade sin färd, för att, om det bleve honom möjligt, till pingstdagen kunna vara i Jerusalem. |
| Uma | Napakatantu ami' -mi Paulus, bona neo' -pi leba' mehani hi ngata Efesus, bona neo' -kai mahae rahi hi propinsi Asia. Doko' napesahui pomako' -na, apa' konoa nono-na doko' mpokaralai eo bohe Pentakosta hi Yerusalem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spend": spendable, spender, spenders, spending, spends, spendthrift, spendthrifts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "spend": dispend, misspend, outspend, overspend, suspend. (additional references) | |
Words containing "spend": antispending, dispended, dispending, dispends, misspending, misspends, outspending, outspends, overspender, overspenders, overspending, overspends, suspended, suspender, suspendered, suspenders, suspending, suspends. (additional references) | |
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"Spend" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aspend, espend, mpend, pend, sband, sben, sendt, slend, spead, spean, Speld, spem, spen, spendi, spendt, spendy, sperd, spernd, spind, spinde, splend, spond, sponid, sppend, spuen, srend, stend, supen, svend. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spend" (pronounced spe"nd) |
| 5 | s p e" n d | expend, misspend, suspend. |
| 4 | -p e" n d | append, depend, impend, penned. |
| 3 | -e" n d | amend, apprehend, ascend, attend, befriend, bend, blend, commend, comprehend, condescend, contend, defend, descend, lend, distend, end, extend, fend, friend, intend, mend, offend, overextend, portend, pretend, recommend, relend, send, tend, transcend, trend, unbend, wend, yearend. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pends. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-n-p-s" | |
-1 letter: dens, ends, peds, pend, pens, send, sned, sped. | |
-2 letters: den, eds, end, ens, ped, pen, pes, sen. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, en, es, ne, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-n-p-s" | |
+1 letter: sendup, sniped, spends, spined, upends, upsend. | |
+2 letters: appends, bedpans, dampens, daphnes, dapsone, deepens, depends, depones, despond, dipnets, dispend, dyspnea, expands, expends, impends, panders, pandies, pedants, pentads, pinders, ponders, respond, sendups, snapped, sneaped, snipped, snooped, spandex, spanked, spanned, spawned, speaned, spender, spindle, splined, spondee, sponged, spooned, spunked, spurned, stipend, suspend, unposed, upsends. | |
+3 letters: compends, dampness, dapsones, deadpans, deanship, deepness, depaints, deplanes, deposing, desponds, dispends, dispense, dopiness, dyspneal, dyspneas, dyspneic, dyspnoea, endopods, expensed, expounds, headpins, inspired, kneepads, misspend, notepads, operands, outspend, padrones, pandects, pandores, pardners, pendants, pendents, pentodes, perpends, pinheads, pinweeds, plunders, poisoned, portends, pounders, prebends, prebinds, predawns, prescind, pretends, prisoned, propends, protends, punished, responds, sandpeep, sandpile, sidespin, siphoned, snapweed, spadones, spandrel, spangled, spavined, speeding, spenders, spending, sphenoid, spindled, spindler, spindles, splendid, splendor, splinted, spondees, sprained, springed, sprinted, stipends, suspends, synapsed, syphoned, undrapes, unpoised, unposted, unshaped, uptrends. | |
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