dilute meaning
EN
[daɪˈljuːt] - VerbSGdilutesPRdilutingPT, PPdilutedSUF-té
- (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water.
- (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
- (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- it dilutes easily
- (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water.
- AdjectiveCOMmore diluteSUPmost dilute
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Afterwards, total lipids were quantified by the sulfophosphovanillin method, with olive oil (Indalo Clasico) diluted with absolute ethanol as standard.
- Tube color diluted with acrylic medium lends itself especially well to drybrush painting.
- The supernatants were diluted to 2 mg/ml total protein before being assayed with succinylated casein.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of dilute in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en diluted
- en dilutes
- en diluter
- en diluters
- en dilutetium
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "dilute" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.