spareable

spare

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spair]
- /spɛər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spair]
- /spɛər/

Definitions of spareable word

verb with object spareable to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy. 1
verb with object spareable to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for: His harsh criticism spared no one. 1
verb with object spareable to save from strain, discomfort, embarrassment, or the like, or from a particular cause of it: to spare him the bother; to spare her needless embarrassment. 1
verb with object spareable to refrain from, forbear, omit, or withhold, as action or speech: Spare us the gory details. 1
verb with object spareable to refrain from employing, as some instrument or recourse: to spare the rod. 1
verb with object spareable to set aside for a particular purpose: to spare land for a garden. 1

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Origin of spareable

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; (v.) Middle English sparen, Old English sparian; cognate with Dutch, German sparen, Old Norse spara; (noun and adj.) Middle English; compare Old English spær sparing, frugal (cognate with Old High German spar, Old Norse sparr

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Parts of speech for Spareable

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Spareable

spareable popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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