spend

spend
I UK [spend] / US verb
Word forms "spend":
present tense I/you/we/they spend he/she/it spends present participle spending past tense spent UK [spent] / US past participle spent
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Get it right: spend:
When you use spend with another verb, to talk about how someone uses their time or their money, use the -ing form of the verb, not the infinitive.
Wrong: Some people spend a lot of time to watch TV during the day.
Right: Some people spend a lot of time watching TV during the day.
Wrong: Many young people spend the whole day to play online games.
Right: Many young people spend the whole day playing online games. When spend time or spend money is followed by a noun, use the preposition on, not "for" or "in":
Wrong: This money could be spent for other more important things.
Right: This money could be spent on other more important things.
Wrong: Students should consider their financial situation before they spend their money in goods.
Right: Students should consider their financial situation before they spend their money on goods.
1) [intransitive/transitive] to use money to pay for things

How much money did you spend?

spend something on something:

We're spending a lot more on food than we used to.

spend something doing something:

They spent about £600 just rebuilding the front porch.

2) [transitive] to stay somewhere or to do something for a period of time

We spent the day at the beach.

spend time on something:

How much time do you spend on homework?

spend something with someone:

I'm going to spend Christmas with my family.

spend something doing something (with someone):

I'll need to spend an hour rehearsing with the cast.

3) [transitive, often passive] to use your time, effort, or energy to do something

Considerable energy is spent on making the costumes look perfect.

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II UK [spend] / US noun [uncountable] business British
the amount of money that a company or organization spends on something

The average spend on higher education was £55 per head.


English dictionary. 2014.

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