spent
/spĕnt/
adjective
  1. Having been put to use and therefore unavailable for use.
    spent shell casings.
  2. Depleted of energy, force, or strength; exhausted.
    spent laborers.
  3. Depleted or nearly depleted of fissionable material.
    spent nuclear fuel.
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Merriam-Webster
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SPENT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
October 28, 2025 - The meaning of SPENT is used up : consumed. How to use spent in a sentence.
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Cambridge Dictionary
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SPENT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
2 weeks ago - SPENT meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of spend 2. Something that is spent has been used so that it no…. Learn more.
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Oxford English Dictionary
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spent, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
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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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Federal Election Commission | United States of America ... Research federal election data and its relevance across the country. Help for individuals and groups who are active in federal elections. Explore relevant statutes, regulations, Commission actions and court cases. ... Learn how much individual candidates have raised and spent for presidential, Senate and House elections.
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Dictionary.com
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SPENT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
1 week ago - Spent definition: simple past tense and past participle of spend.. See examples of SPENT used in a sentence.
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Collins Dictionary
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SPENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
3 meanings: 1. → the past tense and past participle of spend 2. used up or exhausted; consumed 3. (of a fish) exhausted by.... Click for more definitions.
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Merriam-Webster
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SPEND Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 week ago - The meaning of SPEND is to use up or pay out : expend. How to use spend in a sentence.
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Etymonline
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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, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
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 ...
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Urban Dictionary
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April 30, 2021 - spent: (verb) The situation and/or state of a man's conscious and body directly following a powerful orgasm. Easily distinguished characteristics of such...
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Spellzone
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spent - depleted of energy, force, or strength | English Spelling Dictionary
Find the meaning of 'spent': depleted of energy, force, or strength. Learn how to spell 'spent'.
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WordReference
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Langeek Dictionary
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Definition & Meaning of "Spent" | Picture Dictionary
After hours of intense work, she was mentally spent and needed some time to unwind.
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Cambridge Dictionary
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SPENT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
SPENT definition: 1. already used, so not useful or effective any more: 2. past of spend. Learn more.
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Wiktionary
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Cognate with Old High German spentōn (“to consume, use, spend”) (whence German spenden (“to donate, provide”)), Middle Dutch spenden (“to spend, dedicate”), Old Icelandic spenna (“to spend”).
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Spent Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
SPENT meaning: 1 : used up and no longer useful; 2 : tired and drained of energy
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Merriam-Webster
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SPENT Synonyms: 154 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
4 weeks ago - as in exhausted depleted in strength, energy, or freshness he plopped down in his chair, completely spent, and then fell asleep
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BYJUS
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Table Summarising the Difference between Spend and Spent
November 8, 2022 - There are two points of difference between the words ‘spend’ and ‘spent’. Firstly the word ‘spend’ is used as a verb which means to pay out money or use up time to do something, for example, ‘Please spend some time reading books.’ ...