What does “spend” mean?
- 1
verbto use money to pay for things
I spent too much money on clothes.
- 2
verbto use time doing something or being somewhere
We spent the weekend at the beach.
Spend at a glance
- Part of speech
- verb
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /spɛnd/ · SPEND
- Forms
- spent
How to use “spend” correctly
Use “spend” + time + verb-ing: “I spent an hour cleaning”, not “to clean”.
Common phrases with “spend”
- spend money on
- spend time
- spend the night
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
Word family
- spending
- spender
“spend” is on these word lists
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