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Dictionary: spent   (spĕnt) pronunciation
v.
Past tense and past participle of spend.

adj.
  1. Used up; consumed: a spent youth.
  2. Having come to an end; passed: a spent era of opulence.
  3. Depleted of energy, force, or strength; exhausted: At the end of the hot day the spent workers slept under a shady tree.
  4. Nautical. Of or relating to a vessel at the end of a voyage, with fuel, stores, and water consumed and cargo discharged.

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adjective

    Extremely tired: bleary, dead, drained, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, tired out, wearied, weariful, weary, worn-down, worn-out. Informal beat, bushed, tuckered (out). Slang done in, fagged (out), pooped (out). Idioms: all in, ready to drop. See health/sickness, tired/fresh.

Antonyms: spent
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adj

Definition: used up, gone; tired out
Antonyms: hoarded, retained, saved


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To have caused or allowed time to pass. Also: To have used up.

pronunciation Of cheerfulness, or a good temper — the more it is spent, the more of it remains. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Translations: Spent
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - opbrugt, udkørt, udbrændt

idioms:

  • spent force    en person der er udbrændt

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgeput, uitgegeven, op

Français (French)
adj. - déchargé (une batterie), perdu (une balle), utilisé (une allumette), épuisé (un carburant), fourbu, éteint (une émotion), (Jur) effacé

idioms:

  • spent force    (avoir) perdu toute force

Deutsch (German)
adj. - erschöpft, verbraucht

idioms:

  • spent force    eine Kraft, die sich erschöpft hat

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αναλωμένος, ξοδεμένος, ξεθυμασμένος, εξαντλημένος, αποδυναμωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
estenuato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - gasto (m), consumido (m), exausto (m)

Русский (Russian)
истощенный, исчерпанный, использованный, выдохшийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - agotado, extenuado, gastado

idioms:

  • spent force    agotado, gastado, obsoleto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utmattad, slut

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
用尽的, 失去效能的, 精疲力尽的

idioms:

  • spent force    不再有权力或影响力的人或事物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 用盡的, 失去效能的, 精疲力盡的

idioms:

  • spent force    不再有權力或影響力的人或事物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 낭비된, 사정한, (물고기 따위가) 산란한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 消費された, 疲れきった

idioms:

  • spent force    力を失った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منهوك, في غايه التعب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עייף, סחוט, מנוצל, משומש‬


 
 
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