Meaning & use
Expending
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Spending or using up a resource, such as money, time, or energy.
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The team was expending all its energy on the final stretch of the race.
The government has been expending large sums on infrastructure repairs.
A note on using this word
"Expending" shares a Latin root with "expensive" and "expenditure," all tracing back to "expendere," meaning "to weigh out" or "pay out."
Words with a similar meaning
spendingusing upconsuming
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Words with an opposite meaning
savingconserving
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