How to pronounce "expends" in English
ɪkˈspɛndz
ik·SPENDZ
Primary stress: SPENDZ
Hear native speakers say expends in context across real video clips
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Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “expends”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
ik
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
SPENDZ
Elevated pitch, sustained vowel length, and full acoustic clarity.
Primary emphasis falls on the second syllable ("SPENDZ"). Raise your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels.
How Native Speakers Say It: Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "expends" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "expends is" sounds like "expends-iz").
In natural sentences, avoid over-stressing "expends" unless it conveys the core contrast or focal point of your message.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“must do to read the energy he expends in deciphering the printed work legally and”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“life shrinks and expends in proportion to one's courage have courage have”— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“A fly buzzing around your head expends more energy than this.”— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“but it sort of expends politics and a bunch of interesting ways to sort of turn it from an interpretive system into a generative system I've got rhetorical”— StanfordWatch clip
“A drop of gasoline, a match, and a battery, all store energy— but, after each expends its energy, only the battery is recyclable.”— TED-EdWatch clip
“high-velocity round when it hits your body it expends all of its kinetic energy inside of you to destroy your”— NPRWatch clip
Practice Speaking “expends”
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Hear it in context: “expends”
20 clipsThe English word “expends” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ɪkˈspɛndz (phonetic respelling: ik-SPENDZ). Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (ik · SPENDZ), with primary lexical stress placed on the 2nd syllable (SPENDZ). Grammatically, “expends” functions as a verb. SayItVid indexes 20 authentic English video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “expends” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from YaleCourses, TEDx Talks, MIT OpenCourseWare.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #1 · @4:44
“not average what matters most in diagnosing dyslexia is what the person must do to read the energy he expends in deciphering the printed work legally and scientifically no ceiling is placed on what level of reading is consistent with”
- 🇺🇸 USTEDx TalksClip #2 · @16:38
“everyone is lost everyone is insecured be uh celebrate what you are becoming life shrinks and expends in proportion to one's courage have courage have bravery have audacity have ignorance be the last women standing always thank you”
- 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWareClip #3 · @49:16
“this is not very much on a human scale. A fly buzzing around your head expends more energy than this. However, that's for one nucleus that's undergone fission.”
- 🇺🇸 USStanfordClip #4 · @64:10
“biased reasoning that uh haime carbonel explored in a system called politics um but it sort of expends politics and a bunch of interesting ways to sort of turn it from an interpretive system into a generative system I've got rhetorical turn it from an interpretive system into a generative system I've got rhetorical”
- 🇺🇸 USTED-EdClip #5 · @0:07
“A drop of gasoline, a match, and a battery, all store energy— but, after each expends its energy, only the battery is recyclable. but, after each expends its energy, only the battery is recyclable.”
Definition & Meaning: “expends”
- To consume, exhaust (some resource).
Example Sentences (3)
- “If my death might make this island happy […] I would expend it with all willingness.”
- “must do to read the energy he expends in deciphering the printed work legally and”
- “life shrinks and expends in proportion to one's courage have courage have”
Common Phrases & Collocations
Pronounce: “expends”
- Pronunciation:
- ik-SPENDZ
- Syllables:
- ik · SPENDZ
- Written Hyphenation:
- ex · pends
- Primary stress:
- SPENDZ
- IPA:
- ɪkˈspɛndz
- Hear it in context
- expends
Words that Rhyme with “expends”
-ɛndzWords that Sound Identical (Homophones)
Unique Sound"expends" (⁄ɪkˈspɛndz⁄) has no true homophones in standard English — there are no other words with identical pronunciation. Unlike sound-alike pairs like there / their or peace / piece, "expends" has a completely distinct phonetic identity.
Frequently asked questions about expends
How do you pronounce “expends”?
“expends” is pronounced ⁄ɪkˈspɛndz⁄ (ik-SPENDZ). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.
How many syllables are in “expends”?
“expends” has 2 syllables: ik · SPENDZ.
Where is the stress in “expends”?
The primary stress in “expends” is on “SPENDZ”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above.
What does “expends” mean?
To consume, exhaust (some resource).
How can I hear “expends” used in real sentences?
This page has 20 real-world video examples of “expends” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.
What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “expends”?
Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels. Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).