spent

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

spent (not comparable)

  1. Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
    a spent cartridge
  2. Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.
  3. (law, chiefly UK) Of legislation or an enactment: no longer in force due to all of its provisions having expired or been completed.
  4. (law, chiefly UK) Of a conviction: no longer appearing on a person's criminal record.

Translations

Verb

spent

  1. simple past and past participle of spend

Derived terms

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb spenne.

Adjective

spent (neuter singular spent, definite singular and plural spente)

  1. tense
    en spent situasjon - a tense situation

Verb

spent

  1. past participle of spenne

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb spenne.

Adjective

spent (neuter singular spent, definite singular and plural spente)

  1. tense

References

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