spend
US: /ˈspɛnd/
UK: /spˈɛnd/
UK: /spˈɛnd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
spend /spend/
- ngoại động từ spent
- tiêu, tiêu pha
- dùng (thì giờ...), tốn
- to spend time in reading: dùng thì giờ vào việc đọc
- qua, sống qua
- to spend the holidays by the seaside: qua những ngày nghỉ ở bờ biển
- to spend a sleepless night: qua một đêm không ngủ
- làm dịu đi, làm nguôi đi, làm hết đà; làm hết, làm kiệt, tiêu phí
- his fury was spent: cơn giận của hắn đã nguôi
- anger spends itself: cơn giận nguôi đi
- the storm has spent itself: cơn bão đã dịu đi
- to spend one's energy: tiêu phí nghị lực
- (hàng hải) gãy; mất (cột buồm)
- nội động từ
- tiêu pha, tiêu tiền
- tàn, hết
- candles spend fast in draught: nên đốt ở chỗ gió lùa chóng hết
- đẻ trứng (cá)
- to spend a penny
- (thông tục) đi đái; đi ỉa
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb (spent, spent )
1 ~ sth (on sth / on doing sth) to give money to pay for goods, services, etc: [VN] I've spent all my money already. + She spent £100 on a new dress. + [VN -ing] The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems. [also V]
2 ~ sth (on sth)
~ sth (doing sth / in doing sth) to use time for a particular purpose; to pass time: [VN] We spent the weekend in Paris. + How long did you spend on your homework? + How do you spend your spare time? + Most of her life was spent in caring for others. + Her childhood was spent in Italy. + [VN -ing] I spend too much time watching television. + I've spent years trying to learn Japanese.
3 [VN] [often passive] to use energy, effort, etc., especially until it has all been used: She spends too much effort on things that don't matter. + The storm had finally spent itself.
See also -
Idioms: spend the night with sb
1 to stay with sb for a night: My daughter's spending the night with a friend.
2 (also spend the night together) to stay with sb for a night and have sex with them
spend a penny (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) people say 'spend a penny' to avoid saying 'use the toilet'
+ noun [sing.] (informal) the amount of money spent for a particular purpose or over a particular length of time: The average spend at the cafe is £10 a head.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 pay out, disburse, expend, lay out, Colloq fork out, dish out, shell out, Brit splash out:
That man spends more for a suit than you earn in a year.
2 squander, throw away, fritter away, waste, go through, splurge, lavish, dissipate:
He spends money as if it's going out of style.
3 devote, allot, assign, invest, put in, pass:
If you don't spend more time with the children they'll forget they have a father.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
wisely
Try to be objective if you want to spend your money wisely.
| lavishly
PREP.
on
The company spent a lot on advertising.
Concise English dictionary
spent|spends|spendingspend
verb
+pass (time) in a specific way
+pay out
+spend completely
