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- pronunciation:
- pr
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
pervades, pervading, pervaded |
definition: |
to spread or be present everywhere in; permeate.
An air of optimism pervaded the capital.The smell of tropical flowers pervaded the air.Visions of her still pervade his thoughts and dreams.Alienation is a theme that pervades modern literature.- synonyms:
- fill, permeate
- similar words:
- charge, dominate, imbue, infiltrate, inform, infuse, interpenetrate, overrun, penetrate, saturate, suffuse
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related words: |
diffuse, infect, invade |
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derivations: |
pervasive (adj.), pervadingly (adv.), pervasively (adv.), pervasiveness (n.) |
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