Forwarded from English Dictionary Bot
📚 Expend, verb.
🔉 /ɪkˈspend/ 🇬🇧 /ɪkˈspend/ 🇺🇸
❓ Definition (formal): To use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc.
❗️ Examples:
1. (expend something (in/on something)) She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.
2. (expend something in/on doing something) Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim through the court.
3. (expend something doing something) Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food.
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🔉 /ɪkˈspend/ 🇬🇧 /ɪkˈspend/ 🇺🇸
❓ Definition (formal): To use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc.
❗️ Examples:
1. (expend something (in/on something)) She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.
2. (expend something in/on doing something) Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim through the court.
3. (expend something doing something) Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food.
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