spare
103
2.1
- adjective
- /spɛr/
:
libre
- It's a good idea to have a spare tire in your car for emergencies.
- spare time
- spare capacity
And I actually just made one of my spare bedrooms a closet.
- And I actually just made one of my spare bedrooms a closet.
- I'm sleeping in the spare room for like a week until you're good.
- You couldn't find probably a spare stick or thing of glue in the city.
- I'm living in my ex girlfriend's spare room.
Examples
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I'm sleeping in the spare room for like a week until you're good.
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Because I think I might have a spare key with me.
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Have you got any spare change?
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Just in your spare time, of course.
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Instead, every moment of her spare time was spent working in a house.
Fiction book (1995) -
Seems like he spent every spare minute he had up there in the air with Earl.
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And what he liked to do best in his spare time, after all, was read magazines.
Fiction book (1998) -
"I give flying lessons in my spare time at an airport in Virginia."
Fiction book (1998) -
He's a comedian in his spare time.
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There's a spare key under the fire extinguisher.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
More than is needed or expected
522
1.0
Not in use and available to use
1
3.4
More than what is needed or wanted
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Etymology
Spare comes from a word meaning 'saved' or 'extra', so if you have spare time you have minutes that are 'left' and free to use.