English Online Dictionary. What means spent? What does spent mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɛnt/
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Adjective
spent (not comparable)
- Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
- Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.
- (law, chiefly UK) Of legislation or an enactment: no longer in force due to all of its provisions having expired or been completed.
- (law, chiefly UK) Of a conviction: no longer appearing on a person's criminal record.
Related terms
- spent force
- time spent listening
Translations
Verb
spent
- 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)
- tense
- en spent situasjon - a tense situation
Etymology 2
Verb
spent
- 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)
- tense
References
- “spent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.