Definitions for spent

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IPA: /spɛnt/

Spent is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in spent (enpst).

Definitions for spent

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of spend.
2. used up; consumed.
3. tired; worn-out; exhausted.

verb (used with object)

1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding:
3. to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.:
4. to use up, consume, or exhaust:
5. to give (one's blood, life, etc.) for some cause.

verb (used without object)

1. to spend money, energy, time, etc.
2. Obsolete. to be consumed or exhausted.

Origin of spent

1125-75; Middle English spenden, continuing Old English -spendan (in āspendan, forspendan to spend entirely or utterly) West Germanic Latin expendere to pay out, expend

Examples for spent

So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.

He spent such an evening there at the end of their first month in New York.

I spent time yesterday listening to the music you made, and looking at the art you created.

Thus, more time is spent organization and obtaining ones free of failings.

That was amazing because I spent so much time in a different kind of studio for once!

In your service I have spent many toilsome days and sleepless nights.

Here he cooked and ate his meals, and here he spent his solitary evenings.

Haven't we spent all our surplus in keeping you up for a good marriage?

The honeymoon will be spent at the town-house of the groom, in York Terrace.

Once transferred to Karaj Prison, he spent an additional 15 days in solitary confinement.