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- pronunciation:
- puhr
mi
eIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
permeates, permeating, permeated |
| definition 1: |
to pass or diffuse through; penetrate.
These large molecules cannot permeate the cell membrane.- synonyms:
- penetrate
- similar words:
- diffuse, filtrate, osmose, pass through
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| definition 2: |
to spread or be diffused throughout; pervade.
These ideas permeated her thoughts.- synonyms:
- penetrate, pervade
- similar words:
- charge, diffuse, fill, infect, overrun, suffuse
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| related words: |
inform, invade, saturate |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to penetrate, spread, or become diffused.
- synonyms:
- diffuse, penetrate, seep
- similar words:
- infiltrate, soak, spread
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| related words: |
prevail, reign |
adverb + (v.)permeate
deeply, thoroughly
(v.)permeate
+ adverb
virtually
(v.)permeate
+ noun
air,
aspect,
boundary,
cabin,
cell,
clothes,
cluster,
consciousness,
cosmos,
culture,
curriculum,
deception,
discipline,
discourse,
discussion,
environment,
essay,
fabric,
facet,
fiber,
fraud,
galaxy,
interior,
landscape,
legacy,
life,
literature,
meat,
narrative,
nostril,
occasion,
organism,
politics,
psyche,
rank,
room,
sector,
society,
soil,
space,
sphere,
steam,
sweat,
textbook,
universe,
variation,
whole,
writing
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| derivations: |
permeative (adj.), permeation (n.), permeator (n.) |
The word permeate
contains the following part:
per-
Latin
prefix
that means through, throughout; very
  Example words:
impermeable, impermissible, imperturbable, impervious, parvenu, perambulate, perceive, perception, percolate, perennial, perfect, perfidy, perfoliate, perforate, perform, perfunctory, perjury, permanent, permeate, permissible, permission, permit, permute, pernicious, perorate, perpetual, perplex, persecute, persevere, persist, persistent, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, perspire, persuade, persuasion, persuasive, pertinacious, perturb, peruse, pervade, perverse, pervert, pervious, semipermeable
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