Dilute - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |daɪˈluːt|  American pronunciation of the word dilute
Brit.  |daɪˈl(j)uːt|  British pronunciation of the word dilute

verb

- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture (syn: cut, reduce, thin, thin out)
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones (syn: adulterate, debase, load, stretch)

adjective

- reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity (syn: diluted)
diluted alcohol
a dilute solution
dilute acetic acid

Extra examples

You can dilute the medicine with water.

The hiring of the new CEO diluted the power of the company's president.

...a dilute acid that's safe to handle in the classroom...

If you dilute the soup with hot water it will feed more people.

The government's new law on wage and price control is diluted with exceptions.

Dilute the paint with a little oil.

Any dilution of standards must be resisted.

This detergent is highly concentrated and thus you will need to dilute it.

...these irrelative points only to serve to dilute what is otherwise a strong case...

Add water to dilute the solution to the required strength.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: dilute
he/she/it: dilutes
present participle: diluting
past tense: diluted
past participle: diluted
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