According to the budget, she could expend no more on supplies.
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Expend
//ɪkˈspɛnd//
Synonyms for "expend" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (46)
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Translations
33 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀναλίσκω verb (to consume resources)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изразходвам verb (to consume resources)
- харча verb (to spend money)
Esperanto
1 entries- elspezi verb (to spend money)
French
2 entries- dépenser verb (to consume resources)
- dépenser verb (to spend money)
Galician
4 entries- consumir verb (to consume resources)
- despender verb (to consume resources)
- despender verb (to spend money)
- gastar verb (to consume resources)
Hungarian
4 entries- elhasznál verb (to consume resources)
- felhasznál verb (to consume resources)
- felél verb (to consume resources)
- fordít verb (to spend money)
Ido
2 entries- spensar verb (to consume resources)
- spensar verb (to spend money)
Italian
2 entries- spendere verb (to consume resources)
- spendere verb (to spend money)
Japanese
1 entries- 消耗する verb (to consume resources)
Māori
4 entries- whakapau verb (to consume resources)
- whakapeto verb (to consume resources)
- whakaporo verb (to consume resources)
- whakatange verb (to consume resources)
Spanish
3 entries- despender verb (to spend money)
- despesar (desus.) verb (to spend money)
- expender verb (to spend money)
Swedish
2 entries- förbruka verb (to consume resources)
- lägga ner verb (to consume resources)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
I don't expend a lot of energy when I do a low-impact workout, so I like them better.
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I knew since middle school that only because I was so lonely was I able to expend so much energy on studying.
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She says cold drinks will only make you hotter, because your body has to expend energy to bring the liquid to a warmer, more useable temperature.
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