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to use or spend something, esp. time, effort, or money: They expend all their energy fixing up their house. (Definition of expend from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
: to make use of for a specific purpose : utilize. projects on which they expended great energy. also : use up. expender noun. Synonyms. disburse. drop. fork (over, out, or up) give. lay out. outlay. pay. shell out. spend. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of expend in a Sentence.
EXPEND Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com. expend. [ ik- spend ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) to use up: She expended energy, time, and care on her work. Synonyms: empty, consume. to pay out; disburse; spend. expend. / ɪkˈspɛnd / verb. to spend; disburse. to consume or use up.
to use or spend something, esp. time, effort, or money: They expend all their energy fixing up their house. (Definition of expend from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The verb expend means to spend or pay out. You can expend money, but you can also expend things like good will and time. As a voter, you can vote for or against the city's plan to expend money on a new library building, but the city may be expending voter willingness to support the plan if the building goes over the budget.
1. To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on education. See Synonyms at spend. 2. To use up; consume: "Every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force" (George Meredith). [Middle English expenden, from Latin expendere, to pay out : ex-, ex- + pendere, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots .]
To expend something, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it. [ formal ] Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high-energy food than adults.
Definition of expend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc. She expended all her efforts on the care of her home and children. Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim in the courts. Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food.
Even them, he was able to read, if he was willing to expend the effort needed to do so. A deer will not expend energy for no purpose. Children need more water than adults because they expend more energy, and most children who drink when they are thirsty get as much water as their systems require.
