"dilapidate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈlæp.ɪ.deɪt/ [UK, US], /dəˈlæp.ə.deɪt/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-dilapidate.ogg Forms: dilapidates [present, singular, third-person], dilapidating [participle, present], dilapidated [participle, past], dilapidated [past]
Etymology: From Latin dilapidātus, past participle of dilapidō (“I destroy with stones”), from dis- (“intensifier”) + lapidō (“I stone”), from lapis (“stone”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dilapidātus}} Latin dilapidātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} dilapidate (third-person singular simple present dilapidates, present participle dilapidating, simple past and past participle dilapidated)
  1. (transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair): руша (ruša) (Bulgarian), разрушавам (razrušavam) (Bulgarian), ruinovat (Czech), lade forfalde (Danish), rapistuttaa (Finnish), délabrer (French), despedrer (Ladino), desperyer [Istanbul] (Ladino), la forfalle (Norwegian Bokmål), ødelegge (Norwegian Bokmål), zrujnować (Polish), dilapidar (Portuguese), разруша́ть (razrušátʹ) (Russian), deteriorar (Spanish), ödelägga (Swedish), föröda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dilapidate-en-verb-fTp6wfWF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ladino translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 17 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 75 9 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 76 8 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 85 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 71 9 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 74 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Ladino translations: 74 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 72 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 71 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 75 9 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 74 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 70 12 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 74 10 16 Disambiguation of 'to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair': 95 0 5
  2. (transitive, figurative) To squander or waste. Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (to squander or waste): прахосвам (prahosvam) (Bulgarian), ruinovat (Czech), hävittää (Finnish), dilapider (French), dilapidare (Italian), sperperare (Italian), buttare via (Italian), gettare alle ortiche (Italian), roztrwonić (Polish), dilapidar (Portuguese), расточать (rastočatʹ) (Russian), растрачивать (rastračivatʹ) (Russian), derrochar (Spanish), ruinera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dilapidate-en-verb-CQ4Buvwq Disambiguation of 'to squander or waste': 2 97 2
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To fall into ruin or disuse. Tags: archaic, intransitive Translations (to fall into ruin or disuse): руша се (ruša se) (Bulgarian), разнебитвам се (raznebitvam se) (Bulgarian), chátrat (Czech), forfalde (Danish), rapistua (Finnish), lepukkan (Hungarian), forfalle (Norwegian Bokmål), popaść w ruinę (Polish), dilapidar-se (Portuguese), разрушаться (razrušatʹsja) (Russian), ветшать (vetšatʹ) (Russian), приходи́ть в упа́док (prixodítʹ v upádok) (Russian), deteriorarse (Spanish), förfalla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dilapidate-en-verb-cHcGNBOy Disambiguation of 'to fall into ruin or disuse': 8 1 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lapidate

Inflected forms

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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1692, Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses:",
          "text": "The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To squander or waste."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "squander",
          "squander"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To squander or waste."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall into ruin or disuse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ],
        [
          "disuse",
          "disuse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, archaic) To fall into ruin or disuse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈlæp.ɪ.deɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈlæp.ə.deɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-dilapidate.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/En-us-dilapidate.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ruša",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "руша"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razrušavam",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "разрушавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "ruinovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "lade forfalde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "rapistuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "délabrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "despedrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "tags": [
        "Istanbul"
      ],
      "word": "desperyer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "la forfalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "ødelegge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "zrujnować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "dilapidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrušátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "разруша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "deteriorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "ödelägga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair",
      "word": "föröda"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prahosvam",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "прахосвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "ruinovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "hävittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "dilapider"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "dilapidare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "sperperare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "buttare via"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "gettare alle ortiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "roztrwonić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "dilapidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastočatʹ",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "расточать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastračivatʹ",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "растрачивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "derrochar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to squander or waste",
      "word": "ruinera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ruša se",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "руша се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "raznebitvam se",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "разнебитвам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "chátrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "forfalde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "rapistua"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "lepukkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "forfalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "popaść w ruinę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "dilapidar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrušatʹsja",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "разрушаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vetšatʹ",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "ветшать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prixodítʹ v upádok",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "приходи́ть в упа́док"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "deteriorarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to fall into ruin or disuse",
      "word": "förfalla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dilapidate"
}

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