spend – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to spend
Participle: spent
Gerund: spending

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of spend

Indicative

Present

I	spend
you	spend
he;she;it	spends
we	spend
you	spend
they	spend

Perfect

I	have spent
you	have spent
he;she;it	has spent
we	have spent
you	have spent
they	have spent

Past

I	spent
you	spent
he;she;it	spent
we	spent
you	spent
they	spent

Pluperfect

I	had spent
you	had spent
he;she;it	had spent
we	had spent
you	had spent
they	had spent

Future

I	will spend
you	will spend
he;she;it	will spend
we	will spend
you	will spend
they	will spend

Future Perfect

I	will have spent
you	will have spent
he;she;it	will have spent
we	will have spent
you	will have spent
they	will have spent

Subjunctive

Present

I	spend
you	spend
he;she;it	spend
we	spend
you	spend
they	spend

Perfect

I	have spent
you	have spent
he;she;it	have spent
we	have spent
you	have spent
they	have spent

Imperfect

I	spent
you	spent
he;she;it	spent
we	spent
you	spent
they	spent

Pluperfect

I	had spent
you	had spent
he;she;it	had spent
we	had spent
you	had spent
they	had spent

Conditional

Present

I	would spend
you	would spend
he;she;it	would spend
we	would spend
you	would spend
they	would spend

Perfect

I	would have spent
you	would have spent
he;she;it	would have spent
we	would have spent
you	would have spent
they	would have spent

Imperative

you	spend
we	Let's spend
you	spend

Indicative

Present

I	am spending
you	are spending
he;she;it	is spending
we	are spending
you	are spending
they	are spending

Perfect

I	have been spending
you	have been spending
he;she;it	has been spending
we	have been spending
you	have been spending
they	have been spending

Past

I	was spending
you	were spending
he;she;it	was spending
we	were spending
you	were spending
they	were spending

Pluperfect

I	had been spending
you	had been spending
he;she;it	had been spending
we	had been spending
you	had been spending
they	had been spending

Future

I	will be spending
you	will be spending
he;she;it	will be spending
we	will be spending
you	will be spending
they	will be spending

Future Perfect

I	will have been spending
you	will have been spending
he;she;it	will have been spending
we	will have been spending
you	will have been spending
they	will have been spending

Conditional

Present

I	would be spending
you	would be spending
he;she;it	would be spending
we	would be spending
you	would be spending
they	would be spending

Perfect

I	would have been spending
you	would have been spending
he;she;it	would have been spending
we	would have been spending
you	would have been spending
they	would have been spending

Verbs conjugated like 'spend'

bend, build, lend, misspend, overbuild, overspend, rebuild, send, shend, spend, berend, besend, bespend, bodybuild, databend, foresend, forespend, forspend, forthsend, genderbend, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'spend'

pend, scend, send, shend, speed, speld, upend, abend, amend, append,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to give money, or other compensation, in exchange for goods or services: cough up, defray, do the needful, expend, foot the bill, fork out, fork over, lay out, pay, pay the freight, pay up, pony up, quit, shell out, stump up
expend: disburse, dispense, give, dissipate, deplete

Additional Information

Cf. Old English weak verbs byldan (build), gyldan (gild), bendan (bend), rendan (rend), sendan (send), scendan (shend), spendan (spend), wendan (wend).

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "to pay out or away" (money or wealth), O.E. -spendan (in forspendan "use up"), from L. expendere "to weigh out money, pay down" (see expend). A general Gmc. borrowing (cf. O.H.G. spendon, Ger., M.Du. spenden, O.N. spenna). In ref. to labor, thoughts, time, etc., attested from c.1300. Spendthrift first recorded 1601, from thrift in sense of "savings, profits, wealth;" replaced earlier scattergood (1577) and spend-all (1553).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
4. Proto-Indo-European *-s
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
6. Proto-Italic *eks
7. Latin ex
8. Latin ex-
9. Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-
10. Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti
11. Proto-Italic *pendō
12. Latin pendō
13. Latin expendōbor.
14. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn
15. Old English spendan
16. Middle English spenden
17. English spend
18. From Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan (attested especially in compounds āspendan (“to spend”), forspendan (“to use up, consume”)), from Proto-West Germanic *spendōn (“to spend”), borrowed from Latin expendere (“to weigh out”). Doublet of expend.
19. Cognate with Old High German spentōn (“to consume, use, spend”) (whence German spenden (“to donate, provide”)), Middle Dutch spenden (“to spend, dedicate”), Old Icelandic spenna (“to spend”). See: Middle English 'spenden', Old English 'spendan', Latin 'expendere', German, old spelling 'spenden', Icelandic 'spenna'.

Sample Sentences

“ George, is it you ? How you frightened me ! Well; I am so glad you ’ s come ! Missis is gone to spend the afternoon; so come into my little room, and we'll have the time all to ourselves. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
Having passed the time I spent in Boston, in making myself acquainted with these things, in settling the course I should take in my future travels, and in mixing constantly with its society, I am not aware that I have any [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] and gossipping, seemed rather pleased than otherwise with having somebody come in to talk with; and accepted, without examination, Eliza's statement, that she “ was going on a little piece, to spend a week with her friends,”—all which she hoped in her heart might prove strictly true. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
George had gone to spend two or three days with a companion on a neighboring estate, and having departed early in the morning, before Tom's misfortune had been made public, had left without hearing of it. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
“ You 're welcome, ” said the trader. “ I should think you'd be ashamed to spend all your life buying men and women, and chaining them, like cattle ! I should think you'd feel mean ! ” said George. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
“ Them that's got money to spend that ar way, it's all well enough. I shall bid off on that ar boy for a plantation-hand; — wouldn't be bothered with her, no way, not if they'd give her to me, ” said Haley. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
Ever quiet and obliging, and more than ready to lend a hand in every emergency which occurred among the workmen below, he had won the good opinion of all the hands, and spent many hours in helping them with as hearty a good will as ever he worked on a Kentucky farm. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[ 2 ] _Scott's Family Bible_ (1788-1792 ), edited with notes by the English Biblical commentator, Thomas Scott (1747-1821 ). ~~~ On such a farm, in such a house and family, Miss Ophelia had spent a quiet existence of some forty-five years, when her cousin invited her to visit his southern mansion. The eldest of a large family, she was still considered by her father and mother as one of “ the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] of fealty, reverence, and fatherly solicitude. That he never read the Bible; never went to church; that he jested and made free with any and every thing that came in the way of his wit; that he spent his Sunday evenings at the opera or theatre; that he went to wine parties, and clubs, and suppers, oftener than was at all expedient,—were all things that Tom could see as plainly as anybody, and on [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] ! ” said Dinah, in a high key, as her wrath began to rise over her habitual respect of manner; “ what does ladies know ’ bout work, I want to know ? When ’ d Mas’r ever get his dinner, if I vas to spend all my time a washin ’ and a puttin ’ up dishes ? Miss Marie never telled me so, nohow. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
well, we feel, that his time will be better spent concentrating on his printing company. (The Bromley Boys)
I love him a lot. After spending just three days with Sunny, (Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari)

spend – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of spend

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'spend'

Verbs similar to 'spend'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences