Meaning & use
expend
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to spend or use up a resource, such as money, energy, or time.
See it in a sentence
The team expended enormous effort preparing for the championship.
Please don't expend all your energy in the first mile of the race.
A note on using this word
More formal than spend, and generally used with abstract resources like energy or effort rather than everyday shopping.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
conservesave
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