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at·ten·u·ate
 attenuate
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
ten
yu
eIt
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| inflections: |
attenuated, attenuates, attenuating |
| definition 1: |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine.
Warming the oil will attenuate it.Attenuating glass makes it a thin fiber.- antonyms:
- condense, thicken
- similar words:
- rarefy, thin
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| definition 2: |
to make less in quantity, quality, or effect; weaken.
She tried to attenuate the effects of the alcohol by drinking a lot of water.- antonyms:
- amplify, augment, enhance, intensify, magnify, strengthen
- similar words:
- decrease, impair, weaken
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| related words: |
abate, decrease, diminish, narrow |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become thin, rarefied, or fine.
- similar words:
- narrow, rarefy
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| related words: |
abate, diminish |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
ten
yu
iht
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| definition: |
made thin, rarefied, or fine; weakened; attenuated.
an attenuate mixture- similar words:
- tenuous
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| related words: |
rare |
| derivation: |
attenuation (n.) |
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