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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.