"titivate" meaning in All languages combined

See titivate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/ [UK, US], /ˈtɪt.ə.veɪt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-titivate.wav Forms: titivates [present, singular, third-person], titivating [participle, present], titivated [participle, past], titivated [past]
Etymology: Modification of earlier spelling tidivate, perhaps based on tidy + -vate, on the pattern of words like cultivate and renovate. Head templates: {{en-verb}} titivate (third-person singular simple present titivates, present participle titivating, simple past and past participle titivated)
  1. To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up. Synonyms: tidivate, tiddivate, tittivate Derived forms: titivation, titivator Translations (to make small improvements to): украсявам се (Bulgarian), спретвам се (Bulgarian), huolitella (Finnish), viimeistellä (Finnish), huosia [colloquial] (Finnish), pyntätä (Finnish), tällätä (Finnish), hiplata (Finnish), pomponner (French), schniedeln (German), しゃれる (Japanese), enfeitar (Portuguese), enfeitar-se (Portuguese), наряжа́ть (narjažátʹ) (Russian), наряжаться (narjažatʹsja) (Russian), прихорашивать (prixorašivatʹ) (Russian), прихорашиваться (prixorašivatʹsja) (Russian), arreglar (Spanish), afeitar (Spanish), adornar (Spanish), vestirse de gala (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "bg",
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
          "word": "украсявам се"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
          "word": "viimeistellä"
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
          "word": "pyntätä"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
          "word": "tällätä"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
          "word": "schniedeln"
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
          "word": "しゃれる"
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
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          "word": "наряжа́ть"
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          "sense": "to make small improvements to",
          "word": "afeitar"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "украсявам се"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "спретвам се"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "huolitella"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "viimeistellä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "huosia"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "pyntätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "tällätä"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "hiplata"
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      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "pomponner"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "schniedeln"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "しゃれる"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "enfeitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "enfeitar-se"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narjažátʹ",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "наряжа́ть"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narjažatʹsja",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "наряжаться"
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      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "прихорашивать"
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      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "arreglar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "afeitar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to make small improvements to",
      "word": "adornar"
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      "word": "vestirse de gala"
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