not used / needed
1 [usuallybeforenoun] that is not being used or is not needed at the present time:
We've got a spare bedroom, if you'd like to stay. * I'm afraid I haven't got any spare cash. * Are there any tickets going spare (= are there any available, not being used by sb else)?
extra
2 [onlybeforenoun] kept in case you need to replace the one you usually use; extra:
a spare key / tyre * Take some spare clothes in case you get wet.
time
3 available to do what you want with rather than work:
He's studying music in his spare time. * I haven't had a spare moment this morning.
person
4 (written) thin, and usually quite tall
IDIOMS
go spare (BrE, informal) to become very angry or upset:
Your mum would go spare if she knew! * I'll go spare if I don't get out of the house soon!
Part of speech: verb
time / money / room / thought, etc.
1 ~ sth/sb (for sb/sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for spare is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is spare a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, spare is tagged as adjective.
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