spent
pronunciation
How to pronounce spent in British English:
UK [spent]
How to pronounce spent in American English:
US [spɛnt]
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- Adjective:
- drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
- having all been spent
Word Origin
- spent (adj.)
- "consumed," mid-15c., past participle adjective from spend. Of time, "passed, over," from 1520s; as "worn out, exhausted from overwork," 1560s.
Example
- 1. To date wehave spent eight thousand pounds between us .
- 2. She spent hours imagining how she would seduce him .
- 3. You should be spent after the last repeat .
- 4. Of greatest concern are the spent fuel rods stored at reactor nos. 3 and 4 .
- 5. She spent three hundred dollars on art supplies .