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# expend

verb (expend, expends, expended, expending)

«expend» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To use or spend energy, time, effort or money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/#m1)
2. (formal) To use up completely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/#m2)

### In the lessons

A stiff exam and science word: energy expended when running, money expended on a project. Tells the reader something was used up. Phrases: «expend energy», «expend effort», «expend time».

### Examples

- Running expends a lot of energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/#x1)
- The school expended 500 dollars on new books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/#x2)
- Don't expend all your effort at the start of the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/#x3)
- Birds expend energy flying south. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/#x4)
- Much time was expended on the project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/#x5)
- The rocket expended all its fuel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/#x6)
- He frisked about the meadow, now here, now there, making sprightly leaps, with as little effort as a bird expends in hopping from twig to twig. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/#x7)

### Note

Formal; everyday: «spend», «use». Related nouns: «expenditure» (money spent), «expense» (cost). Adjective «expendable» (not needed, can be lost). In maths: money expended is SUBTRACTED from the budget (budget 800, expended 500, left 300).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «expend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expend/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«expend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/expend.html) on Mova free.