Irregular verb
spend
/spend/
- Base
- spend
- Past simple
- spent
- Past participle
- spent
Usage
spent is unchanged between the simple past and the participle, so have spent depends on the auxiliary for its tense.
Meaning
- to use money or time for a purpose
Example
We spent the afternoon at the museum.
She spent too much on the tickets.
They have spent years perfecting the recipe.