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Synonyms for expend
ɪkˈspɛnd
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Princeton's WordNet
use, expend(verb)
use up, consume fully
"The legislature expended its time on school questions"
Synonyms:
employ, use, habituate, utilise, spend, drop, practice, apply, utilizespend, expend, drop(verb)
pay out
"spend money"
Synonyms:
unload, fell, dribble, send packing, drop off, dismiss, drop down, sink, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, overleap, strike down, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, neglect, devolve, send away, set down, flatten, pass, swing, use, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, cast off, shed, omit
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expend(v)
Synonyms:
disburse
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#61 | use | |
#956 | practice | |
#1061 | apply | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2032 | miss | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2919 | spend | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4538 | fell | |
#5162 | swing | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#7229 | sink | |
#8245 | shed | |
#8878 | utilize | |
#9099 | employ | |
#11158 | neglect | |
#13640 | consume | |
#15596 | dismiss | |
#18398 | drip | |
#19766 | omit | |
#20010 | overlook | |
#20131 | devote | |
#26291 | dangle | |
#28374 | unload | |
#29003 | utilise | |
#29320 | degenerate | |
#32801 | expend | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#40167 | flatten | |
#50992 | dribble | |
#68596 | disburse | |
#83252 | devolve | |
#264391 | habituate |
How to use expend in a sentence?
They say that blood is thicker than water. Maybe that's why we battle our own with more energy and gusto than we would ever expend on strangers.
Just needed to get through to the next round and that's exactly what I did. Didn't want to expend any more energy than you have to, i knew having Sarah next to me, if she was pushing me then I'd get through to the semi-finals no worries. She's a good pacing buddy.
I just think he is not willing to expend political capital to do it, it's not nearly as important to him as the Iran deal.
The United States is very concerned about the conflict's toll on innocent civilians and is working to bring the conflict in Yemen to an end. But we can not end The United States through ill-conceived and time-consuming resolutions that fail to address The United States root causes, rather than expend time and resources on such resolutions, I encourage the Congress to direct its efforts toward supporting our work to achieve peace through a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Yemen.
In a country where music is outlawed and there is no outlet for young people to expend their energy, you have to have a replacement that is more official and without problems, the maddah are copying from rap, rock and dance music.
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