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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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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 |
adverb + (v.)pervade
deeply
(v.)pervade
+ noun
aspect,
being,
campus,
classroom,
cluster,
consciousness,
cooking,
cosmos,
culture,
dance,
democracy,
discourse,
galaxy,
human,
life,
lifestyle,
literature,
media,
narrative,
novel,
organization,
politics,
rank,
scholarship,
smell,
society,
soul,
space,
text,
theorizing,
thinking,
town,
universe,
whole,
workplace,
works,
writing
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| derivations: |
pervasive (adj.), pervadingly (adv.), pervasively (adv.), pervasiveness (n.) |
The word pervade
contains the following parts:
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
vad, vas
Latin
root
that means to go
Example words:
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