Dissipate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdɪsɪpeɪt|
Brit.
|ˈdɪsɪpeɪt|
verb
- to cause to separate and go in different directions (syn: break up, dispel, disperse, scatter)
- move away from each other (syn: disperse, scatter, spread out)
- spend frivolously and unwisely (syn: fool, fool away, fritter, shoot)
- live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
- move away from each other (syn: disperse, scatter, spread out)
- spend frivolously and unwisely (syn: fool, fool away, fritter, shoot)
- live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
Extra examples
The morning sun dissipated the fog.
The fog should dissipate soon.
This illusion may be dissipated by a process of reasoning.
As he thought it over, his anger gradually dissipated.
Little by little, the smoke was dissipated by the breeze.
His savings were soon dissipated.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: dissipate
he/she/it: dissipates
present participle: dissipating
past tense: dissipated
past participle: dissipated
I/you/we/they: dissipate
he/she/it: dissipates
present participle: dissipating
past tense: dissipated
past participle: dissipated
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