"dissipate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/ Audio: en-ca-dissipate.oga Forms: dissipates [present, singular, third-person], dissipating [participle, present], dissipated [participle, past], dissipated [past]
Etymology: From Middle English dissipaten, from Latin dissipātus, past participle of dissipāre, also written dissupare (“to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate”), from dis- (“apart”) + supāre (“to throw”), also in comp. insipāre (“to throw into”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dissipaten}} Middle English dissipaten, {{der|en|la|dissipātus}} Latin dissipātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} dissipate (third-person singular simple present dissipates, present participle dissipating, simple past and past participle dissipated)
  1. (transitive) To drive away, disperse. Tags: transitive Translations (to drive away): ցրել (cʻrel) (Armenian), разсейвам (razsejvam) (Bulgarian), разпръсквам (razprǎskvam) (Bulgarian), rozptýlit (Czech), verdrijven (Dutch), zerstreuen (German), zerteilen (German), verscheuchen (German), lösen (German), abbauen (German), zersplittern (German), dissipieren (German), dissipare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-dissipate-en-verb-jx5TaNPX Disambiguation of 'to drive away': 92 3 1 3 0
  2. (transitive) To use up or waste; squander. Tags: transitive Translations (to use up or waste): пропилявам (propiljavam) (Bulgarian), verbruiken (Dutch), verspillen (Dutch), verkwisten (Dutch), aufbrauchen (German), verbrauchen (German), abbauen (German), auflösen (German), verschwenden (German), vergeuden (German), ableiten (German), verprassen (German), verzetteln (German), verschleudern (German), διαχέω (diachéo) (Greek), disipar (Ido), scaip (Irish)
    Sense id: en-dissipate-en-verb--5qpUUfu Disambiguation of 'to use up or waste': 5 91 1 3 0
  3. (intransitive) To vanish by dispersion. Tags: intransitive Translations (to vanish): verdwijnen (Dutch), verschwinden (German), abführen (German), verflüchtigen (German), sich auflösen (German), sich zerteilen (German), sich zerstreuen (German), memeha (Maori), skingra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dissipate-en-verb-EVEHaomx Disambiguation of 'to vanish': 10 6 73 9 1
  4. (physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-dissipate-en-verb-qgHybQqi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 7 15 55 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 12 10 50 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 8 10 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 8 10 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 14 7 11 57 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 12 11 47 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 13 11 46 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 9 9 55 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 8 18 48 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 14 9 9 60 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 16 8 10 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 10 9 57 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Kannada translations: 14 9 11 54 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 16 8 10 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 9 9 53 13 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  5. (intransitive, colloquial, dated) To be dissolute in conduct. Tags: colloquial, dated, intransitive
    Sense id: en-dissipate-en-verb-Xr~kF2WS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dissipater, dissipator, dissipatory Related terms: dissipation

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} dissipate
  1. inflection of dissipare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: dissipare
    Sense id: en-dissipate-it-verb-wwlKU3DJ Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 4 4 24 3 48 8 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 2 20 2 60 6 3 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 73 21 7
  2. inflection of dissipare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: dissipare
    Sense id: en-dissipate-it-verb-R1RkIKir
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} dissipate f pl
  1. feminine plural of dissipato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: dissipato
    Sense id: en-dissipate-it-verb-rmBKkBFU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: dissipāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=dissipāte}} dissipāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dissipō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: dissipō
    Sense id: en-dissipate-la-verb-Oq7hjpsj Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy.",
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        "(transitive) To drive away, disperse."
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          "_dis1": "92 3 1 3 0",
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          "sense": "to drive away",
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 1 3 0",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to drive away",
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          "sense": "to drive away",
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          "ref": "1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]:",
          "text": "The vast wealth […] was in three years dissipated.",
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          "text": "So much for the effort and ingenuity of Montmartre. All the catering to vice and waste was on an utterly childish scale, and he suddenly realized the meaning of the word \"dissipate\"—to dissipate into thin air; to make nothing out of something.",
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          "text": "If he prefers the bar he can exchange views with a Major de Wildman of Lord knew whose army, who calls himself King Farouk's equerry and claims to have a private telephone link to Cairo so that he can report the winning numbers and take royal orders inspired by soothsayers on how to dissipate the wealth of Egypt.",
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        "(intransitive) To vanish by dispersion."
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