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Meaning of "spent force" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPENT FORCE

spent force  [spɛnt fɔːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPENT FORCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spent force is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPENT FORCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spent force in the English dictionary

The definition of spent force in the dictionary is if you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force, you mean that they no longer have any power or influence.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPENT FORCE


deforce
dɪˈfɔːs
downforce
ˈdaʊnˌfɔːs
efforce
ɪˈfɔːs
enforce
ɪnˈfɔːs
force
fɔːs
perforce
pəˈfɔːs
reinforce
ˌriːɪnˈfɔːs
renforce
rɛnˈfɔːs
storm-force
ˈstɔːmˌfɔːs
Wilberforce
ˈwɪlbəˌfɔːs
workforce
ˈwɜːkˌfɔːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPENT FORCE

spend
spend a penny
spendable
spendall
spender
spending
spending money
spending power
spending spree
spends
spendthrift
spendy
Spengler
Spenser
Spenserian
Spenserian sonnet
Spenserian stanza
spent
spent fuel
spent gnat

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPENT FORCE

air force
divorce
driving force
electromagnetic force
electromotive force
field of force
field sales force
G-force
in force
labour force
life force
line of force
police force
sales force
storm force
strike force
task force
the force
tour de force
tours de force
vital force

Synonyms and antonyms of spent force in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spent force» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPENT FORCE

Find out the translation of spent force to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spent force from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spent force» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

强弩之末
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fuerza gastada
570 millions of speakers

English

spent force
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खर्च बल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قوة مستهلكة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

потратили силы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

força gasta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যস্ত শক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

force de passé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghabiskan tenaga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verbrauchte Kraft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

費やした力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소비 의 힘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nglampahi pasukan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lực lượng chi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலம் படைத்தவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खर्च शक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Harcanmış güç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

forza speso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spędził życie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

витратили сили
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vigoare a petrecut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δύναμη που δαπανάται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spandeer werking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbrukad kraft
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brukt makt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spent force

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPENT FORCE»

The term «spent force» is normally little used and occupies the 120.818 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPENT FORCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spent force» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spent force» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spent force

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPENT FORCE»

Discover the use of spent force in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spent force and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Academy Method: Introduction to Teacher Training
Three elements contribute to, or cause, dissipation: friction, spent force and structural collapse. Friction and spent force occur naturally, and all movement is effected by them all the time. But this does not mean the artist is not able to control ...
Ken Ludden, 2013
2
Canada: Reclaiming the Middle Ground
The old nationalism is far from a spent force. Indeed, the two seem to be engaged in a political, intellectual and moral struggle, the outcome of which is, as yet, uncertain. But it would be too simple just to equate the supporters of independence ...
Donald G. Lenihan, Gordon Robertson, Roger Tassé, 1994
3
Untitled
"adjective 1 Something that is spent has been used so that it no longer has any power or effectiveness: spent bullets/matches * After several defeats in a row, people are starting to say that the team is a spent force.2 literary tired: We arrived  ...
4
Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of ...
... draws on and invokes feminism as that which can be taken into account, to suggest that equality is achieved, in order to install a whole repertoire of new meanings, which emphasize that it is no longer needed, that it is a spent force. In Britain ...
Yvonne Tasker, Diane Negra, 2007
5
Corpus Approaches to Evaluation: Phraseology and Evaluative ...
Yandarbiyev in Qatar (evaluated in the text as 'what is') than to Litvinenko, however, was a spent force as a critic of Putin (evaluated as 'what Ithink') or to the president would order his murder on the eve ofan EU-Russia summit (evaluated as ...
Susan Hunston, 2011
6
Global Dawn: The Cultural Foundation of American ...
“The Editor's Drawer,” Harper's 77 (1888), 319; Mooar, “Is Assimilation a Spent Force?” 162; J. D. Phelan, “The Bent of International Intercourse,” OM 6 (August 1885), 163. Horatio Seymour, “The Government of the United States,” NAR 127, ...
Frank A Ninkovich, 2010
7
Devastating Kung Fu Destructions
Unfortunately, the most common way that this spent force is absorbed is by leaving it at the spot in our body which commenced the spinning motion: our spine. Consider the risk in that scenario: The kick you were about to force onto someone ...
Noah Knapp, 2012
8
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall
Afew days later, he wrote formally to EMI and CBS Records, stating that he considered Pink Floyd to be a “spent force creatively,” and making clear that he would not be recording again with Gilmour and Mason—“or with anyone [else] as Pink ...
Hugh Fielder, 2013
9
A Military History of Japan
After Leyte, the Japanese Navy was a spent force.90 Ashore on Leyte, the fight bogged down. General Yamashita, the “Tiger of Malaya,” moved troops in to reinforce those already defend- ing Leyte. Weather, too, helped the Japanese cause ...
John T. Kuehn, John T. Kuehn Ph.D., 2014
10
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-Violent Conflict
As far as most of its activists were eoncerned, the PZPR was a spent force. The most they expected from it was a dignified rerreat, so its dead weight on top of the system would not hold down the free young sociery rising from below. If known ...
Peter Ackerman, Jack DuVall, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPENT FORCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spent force is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tiger Woods insists he is not a spent force ahead of The Open
FORMER world number one Tiger Woods insists he is not "buried and done" and has revealed he wants to play the Old Course backwards before he dies. «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
2
Saeed Ajmal 'Not a Spent Force' for Pakistan, Feels Worcestershire …
He would like to let the people not only in Worcester, but also back in Pakistan cricket, that he is not a spent force in cricket," Mason said. (PCB Returns Seven ... «NDTVSports.com, Jul 15»
3
Rafael Nadal looks a spent force and the evidence runs beyond …
Rafael Nadal leaves Centre Court after his defeat by Dustin Brown – his fourth straight early exit at Wimbledon. Photograph: Hasenkopf/REX Shutterstock. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Nadal a spent force? No! say his rivals
It all makes gloomy news for Nadal fans, but David Ferrer, his fellow Spaniard, agrees with Djokovic that it is far too early to regard Nadal as a spent force. «Reuters, Jun 15»
5
No need to 'smash the panic button' over Crusaders
... to come out firing on all cylinders in 2016. They are certainly not a spent force and I don't think it's necessary to smash the panic button to pieces at this stage. «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
6
Spent force
Not everyone believes Shivnarine Chanderpaul should be given an opportunity to bow out of international cricket against the touring Australians. In fact ... «Barbados Today, May 15»
7
'Ulfa-I may be a spent force but not Paresh'
... may want to write off the Ulfa (Independent) as a spent force, but not its leader ... be a strong force, but 'he (Paresh) as an individual is still a dangerous force.' «Times of India, May 15»
8
Super Rugby's burning questions: Is Richie McCaw a spent force?
Super Rugby's burning questions: Is Richie McCaw a spent force? Last updated 12:33, April 24 2015. Richie McCaw found the going tough against the Chiefs, ... «Independent Community Newspaper, Apr 15»
9
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is a spent force, but Brendan …
Rather he looked a little muddled, unable to turn a game that only ever looked as though it may go Liverpool's way for the six minutes they spent in the lead ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
10
Liverpool look a spent force after Arsenal defeat
And with Manchester United likely to spend heavily again in the summer, and Arsenal so obviously superior in almost every part of the pitch, is Liverpool's brief ... «Belfast Telegraph, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Spent force [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spent-force>. Apr 2024 ».
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