spent

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛnt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

spent (not comparable)

1. Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

   Synonyms: expended, finished; see also Thesaurus: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 (law, chiefly UK) Of legislation or an enactment: no longer in force due to all of its provisions having expired or been completed.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.

Related terms

• spent force
• time spent listening

Translations

used up

Bulgarian: изразходен (bg) (izrazhoden), отработен (bg) (otraboten) Dutch: vermoeid (nl), uitgeput (nl) Finnish: käytetty (fi) French: épuisé (fr), fatigué (fr), éreinté (fr) German: leer (de), aufgebraucht (de), entleert (de) Hungarian: elhasznált (hu), kiürült (hu) Lao: ໝົດ (mot) Latin: effētus Portuguese: usado (pt)

Verb

spent

1. simple past and past participle of spend

Derived terms

• ill-spent

Anagrams

• Pents, pents

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

Etymology 2

Verb

spent

1. past participle of spenne

References

• “spent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb spenne.

Adjective

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

1. tense

References

• “spent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.