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Synonyms for expend
ɪkˈspɛndex·pend

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expend

    Synonyms:
    spend, disburse, lay out, waste, consume, use

    Antonyms:
    save, husband, economize

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. use, expendverb

    use up, consume fully

    "The legislature expended its time on school questions"

    Synonyms:
    employ, use, habituate, utilise, spend, drop, practice, apply, utilize

  2. spend, expend, dropverb

    pay out

    "spend money"

    Synonyms:
    unload, fell, dribble, send packing, drop off, dismiss, drop down, sink, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, overleap, strike down, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, neglect, devolve, send away, set down, flatten, pass, swing, use, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, cast off, shed, omit

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expendverb

    Synonyms:
    disburse, spend, lay out

  2. expendverb

    Synonyms:
    use, employ

  3. expendverb

    Synonyms:
    exhaust, consume, waste, dissipate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 1 vote

  1. expendverb

    Synonyms:
    disburse

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "expend":

    spend, devote

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#8245shed
#8878utilize
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#13640consume
#15596dismiss
#18398drip
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#20010overlook
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#26291dangle
#28374unload
#29003utilise
#29320degenerate
#32801expend
#37387deteriorate
#40167flatten
#50992dribble
#68596disburse
#83252devolve
#264391habituate

How to use expend in a sentence?

  1. Donald Trump:

    The United States is very concerned about the conflict's toll on innocent civilians and is working to bring the conflict in Yemen to an end. But we can not end The United States through ill-conceived and time-consuming resolutions that fail to address The United States root causes, rather than expend time and resources on such resolutions, I encourage the Congress to direct its efforts toward supporting our work to achieve peace through a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Yemen.

  2. Mohammad Javad Akbarein:

    In a country where music is outlawed and there is no outlet for young people to expend their energy, you have to have a replacement that is more official and without problems, the maddah are copying from rap, rock and dance music.

  3. Cate Campbell:

    Just needed to get through to the next round and that's exactly what I did. Didn't want to expend any more energy than you have to, i knew having Sarah next to me, if she was pushing me then I'd get through to the semi-finals no worries. She's a good pacing buddy.

  4. Supreme Court:

    We decline to expend additional judicial resources and further subject the victims in this case to additional trauma where the questions at hand present nothing more than an academic exercise.

  5. Tom Perez:

    My singular focus until the clock strikes midnight in 2017 is going to be how we build the economy that works for everyone, i've never been a fan of those who have the privilege of doing these jobs expend any iota of time thinking about what they want to do next.


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