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- pronunciation:
- dI
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peIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
dissipates, dissipating, dissipated |
| definition 1: |
to cause to disappear by, or as though by, dispersing or dissolving.
The sun dissipated the fog.- antonyms:
- accumulate, concentrate, cumulate
- similar words:
- dispel, disperse, evaporate, melt, scatter, vanish, vaporize
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| definition 2: |
to waste by, or as though by, scattering or spreading widely; squander.
The young fool soon dissipated his fortune.- antonyms:
- conserve, save
- similar words:
- blow, deplete, exhaust, fritter, misspend, squander, use up, wanton, waste
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| related words: |
consume, dissolve, lose, spend |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to disappear by, or as though by, dispersion or dissolution.
The fog dissipated as the day brightened.- synonyms:
- disperse, evanesce, evaporate
- antonyms:
- accumulate, amass, concentrate
- similar words:
- die, disappear, dispel, fade away, lift, scatter, vanish, vaporize
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| definition 2: |
to waste one's health, money, talent, or the like in the extravagant pursuit of pleasure.
- antonyms:
- save
- similar words:
- carouse, overindulge, revel, roister, wallow, wanton, waste
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| related words: |
dissolve, go, grovel, melt, pass |
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| derivations: |
dissipative (adj.), dissipater (n.) |
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