spent
/spĕnt/
adjective
- Having been put to use and therefore unavailable for use. spent shell casings.
- Depleted of energy, force, or strength; exhausted. spent laborers.
- Depleted or nearly depleted of fissionable material. spent nuclear fuel.
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SPENT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SPENT is used up : consumed. How to use spent in a sentence.
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Spent also means having no energy left: After doing her shopping, she was spent. (Definition of spent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of spent? in Chinese (Traditional) (spend的過去式及過去分詞), 用盡的, 失效的…
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Spent definition: simple past tense and past participle of spend.. See examples of SPENT used in a sentence.
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When you're spent, you've used up your reserves of energy, and when a physical item is spent, it's outlived its usefulness. Spent fuel, for example, has been burned and can no longer power a machine, and a rocket might power a space shuttle ...
Oxford English Dictionary
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Of fish: Exhausted by spawning; having recently spawned. Also elliptical as n., a spent herring. ... A kind of artificial fly used in trout fishing. ... F. Francis, Book on Angling vi. 229 ... the world food and drink hunting fishing fishing-tackle means of attracting fish [nouns] artificial fly trout flies
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SPENT meaning: 1 : used up and no longer useful; 2 : tired and drained of energy
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Spent - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
In reference to anything of exchangeable value (labor, thoughts, time, etc.), "consume, use up," attested from c. 1300. The notion of "consume or use wastefully or fruitlessly" is by late 14c. The intransitive sense "exhaust, wear (oneself) out" is from 1590s (see spent).
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Spent definition: Having been put to use and therefore unavailable for use.
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspendspend1 /spend/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle spent /spent/) 1 money [intransitive, transitive]SPEND MONEY to use your money to pay for goods or services I can’t afford to spend any more money this week.spend £5/$10 ...
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspentspent1 /spent/ x-refthe past tense and past participle of spendspentspent2 adjective 1 USE somethingalready used, and now empty or useless He tried to eject the spent cartridge and reload.
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SPENT - Definition & Meaning - Reverso English Dictionary
spent definition: used up or exhausted of resources or energy. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words. Discover expressions like "spent force", "spent grain", "money well spent".