expend

«expend» in Mova's school dictionary: To use or spend energy, time, effort or money — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (expend, expends, expended, expending)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To use or spend energy, time, effort or money. tree →

2) (formal) To use up completely. tree →

sense in the lessons

A stiff exam and science word: energy expended when running, money expended on a project. Tells the reader something was used up. Phrases: «expend energy», «expend effort», «expend time».

examples

• Running expends a lot of energy. tree →
• The school expended 500 dollars on new books. tree →
• Don't expend all your effort at the start of the race. tree →
• Birds expend energy flying south. tree →
• Much time was expended on the project. tree →
• The rocket expended all its fuel. tree →
• He frisked about the meadow, now here, now there, making sprightly leaps, with as little effort as a bird expends in hopping from twig to twig. tree →

note

Formal; everyday: «spend», «use». Related nouns: «expenditure» (money spent), «expense» (cost). Adjective «expendable» (not needed, can be lost). In maths: money expended is SUBTRACTED from the budget (budget 800, expended 500, left 300).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «expend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.