Word.ws English Dictionary

Plural of spend

regular plural

The plural of spend is spends.

Forms of spend

Singularspend /spɛnd/
Pluralspends
Countablecountable and uncountable

Spends in a sentence

  • He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.
  • My sister usually spends her free time in nightclubs.
  • The city council spends thousands of pounds removing graffiti from public buildings.From the entry graffiti
  • Father spends all his time in the study poring over manuscripts.From the entry study
  • John spends two hours a day studying chess openings, and another two hours studying endgames.From the entry opening

Meaning of spend

  1. verb To pay out (money).
  2. verb To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
  3. verb To squander.

Full definition of spend

Questions about the plural of spend

What is the plural of spend?
The plural of spend is spends.
Is spend countable?
Spend is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: spend (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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