Gerund functioning as an uncountable noun.
Translations
The expending of vast amounts of energy left the athletes exhausted.
Расходование огромных количеств энергии оставило спортсменов измождёнными.
Definitions
The action or process of using up or spending something, especially money, time, or energy. The expending of vast amounts of energy left the athletes exhausted.
expendinggerund / present participle Present participle used attributively or predicatively.
Translations
затратныйо стратегии или процессе, требующем расходов They adopted a less expending strategy to conserve funds.
Чтобы сэкономить средства, они выбрали менее затратную стратегию.
ресурсоёмкийтехнический стиль, подчёркивает большое потребление ресурсов Definitions
Spending or using up resources. They adopted a less expending strategy to conserve funds.
expendgerund / present participle Occurs attributively in phrases like "expending effort".
Definitions
In the act of being spent or used. Their expending energy soon became evident during the climb.