verb

spare

UK /ˈspɛə(r)/US /'speʳ/

spare

VERB

Definition of spare

1

If you spare (somebody) something, you make it available even though you don't have much of it.

Example: Excuse, me! Can you spare a few minutes to look at this?

1

If you have something to spare, you have something extra.

Example: She had five minutes to spare before he was due to pick her up.

2

If you spare somebody something not nice, they don't have to experience it.

Example: The phone rang, sparing me from having to give an answer.

3

If somebody is spared, they live, even though they were expected to die.

Example: The accident took the life of his wife, but spared his son.

4

If you spare no expense, effort, detail, etc., you do everything you can.

Example: They spared no expense for their wedding.

spare

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Examples of spare

1

Excuse, me! Can you spare a few minutes to look at this?

Example sentence
2

Can you spare me twenty dollars till the weekend?

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3

She had five minutes to spare before he was due to pick her up.

Example sentence
4

Sorry, no time to spare! Got to go! Bye!

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5

The phone rang, sparing me from having to give an answer.

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