{
    "term": "spend",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "spend",
            "heSheIt": "spends"
        },
        "pastSimple": "spent",
        "pastParticiple": "spent",
        "ingForm": "spending"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give money to pay for goods, services, etc.",
            "sensetop": "spend somethingspend something on somethingspend something on doing somethingspend something doing something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've **spent** all my **money** already.",
                    "contextForm": "spend something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spent £100 on a new dress.",
                    "contextForm": "spend something on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That money would be better spent on educating children.",
                    "contextForm": "spend something on doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems.",
                    "contextForm": "spend something doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I just can't seem to stop spending."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're spending too much and we need to cut back."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to spend your money wisely."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These patrons have money to spend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Work out how much you can afford to spend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Consumers are spending less because of fear of unemployment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the amount of money spent per student"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government spends more on sport than on the arts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 1953, consumers spent 20 per cent of their income on food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company spent a lot on advertising."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you know how much your family spends annually on holidays?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The average household spends £59 per week on transport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I pay my bills and then I spend the rest on going out and having fun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The money spent on funding this research would be much better spent on cancer care and prevention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why spend billions sending people into space?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government spent $11 million restoring the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had grown used to spending freely, without worrying about the consequences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "During the boom years, the American public bought and spent like never before."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They spent lavishly on entertaining."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This jacket cost me £150, which I consider money well spent."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["wisely", "freely", "heavily"],
                "preposition": ["on", "per"],
                "phrases": ["be money well spent"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to use time for a particular purpose; to pass time",
            "sensetop": "spend something + adv./prep.spend something on somethingspend something doing somethingspend something in doing something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We **spent the day** at the beach.",
                    "contextForm": "spend something + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I like to **spend time** with my friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her childhood was spent in Italy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How long did you spend on your homework?",
                    "contextForm": "spend something on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **spent the** whole **night** talking.",
                    "contextForm": "spend something doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've **spent years** trying to learn Japanese."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **spend hours/days/months** doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of her life was spent in caring for others.",
                    "contextForm": "spend something in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spent the weekend in Paris."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How do you spend your spare time?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He couldn't find a hotel and had to spend the night in the car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spent six months in prison for the offence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spends more time at work than at home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had to spend two nights in hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is concern about the amount of time our children spend in front of screens."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spends three hours a day on exercise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've spent ages on this so I hope it's all right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spent a very pleasant evening at a restaurant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We usually spend Christmas with my parents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The family spends every Thursday evening together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every hour spent on practice is worth it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I spent a couple of hours talking to him but it was time well spent because he really helped me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is where I want to spend the rest of my life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They spend winters in the Caribbean."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After nearly 3 decades spent as a teacher, she's ready for a career change."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I spend too much time watching television."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Just spend a few minutes checking your work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He plans to spend a week touring the south coast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I spent about 20 minutes reading the wrong manual."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the summer she spent two weeks doing work experience at a law firm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can spend the rest of the day relaxing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll spend the morning working in small groups."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has spent his life helping other people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A lot of time has been spent in developing these methods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Time spent in training staff is never wasted."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to use energy, effort, etc., especially until it has all been used",
            "sensetop": "spend something on somethingspend something doing somethingspend itself",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She spends too much effort on things that don't matter.",
                    "contextForm": "spend something on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The teacher spends a lot of energy planning a good lesson.",
                    "contextForm": "spend something doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The storm had finally spent itself.",
                    "contextForm": "spend itself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All his energy is spent on revenge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can see you've spent a lot of energy on this."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For a guy who spends so much energy trying to pick up women, Roger's pretty awful at it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's not enough effort spent exploring these issues."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Considering he spends so much effort criticizing our ideas, you'd expect him to come up with some alternatives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt that this excitement could not keep on long, that it must soon spend itself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It seemed at the time that the frantic rush to buy smartphones had finally spent itself."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to stay with somebody for a night",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My daughter's spending the night with a friend."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to stay with somebody for a night and have sex with them",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "people say ‘spend a penny’ to avoid saying ‘use the toilet’",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, British English)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spend/",
                "audio": "sp/spend/spend__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spendz/",
                "audio": "sp/spend/spends__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spent/",
                "audio": "sp/spend/spent__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sp/spend/spending__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spend/",
                "audio": "sp/spend/spend__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spendz/",
                "audio": "sp/spend/spends__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spent/",
                "audio": "sp/spend/spent__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sp/spend/spending__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English spendan, from Latin expendere ‘pay out’; partly also a shortening of obsolete dispend, from Latin dispendere ‘pay out’."
}