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Meaning of the word spent in English

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spent

US /spent/
UK /spent/
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Past Tense

past and past participle of spend

Example:
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I spent all my money on books.
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We spent the entire day at the beach.

Adjective

having been used or consumed; exhausted

Example:
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The battery is completely spent.
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After the long hike, he felt utterly spent.
Synonym:
exhausted drained worn out fatigued depleted
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money spent on the brain is never spent in vain ill-gotten, ill-spent when house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent what is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly