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dissipatedis‧si‧pate /ˈdɪsəpeɪt/ verb formal dissipateOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin dissipare, from supare ‘to throw’ VERB TABLEdissipate |
Present | I, you, we, they | dissipate | | he, she, it | dissipates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dissipated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dissipated | | he, she, it | has dissipated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dissipated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dissipate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dissipated |
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Present | I | am dissipating | | he, she, it | is dissipating | | you, we, they | are dissipating | Past | I, he, she, it | was dissipating | | you, we, they | were dissipating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dissipating | | he, she, it | has been dissipating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dissipating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dissipating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dissipating |
- An evaporation system is used to dissipate heat from the sun and protect the shuttle's electronics.
- She had dissipated her fortune by the time she was twenty-five.
- The gas cloud had dissipated by late morning.
- They dissipated their inheritance money in a very short period of time.
- Close to, the illusion of glowing feyness dissipated.
- He achieved little in his work and dissipated much of his time in an uncongenial student fraternity.
- How does a person not lose him or herself when he or she dissipates such a powerful building block of humanity?
- Kirov's anger dissipated somewhat as he played the recording over a couple of times.
- My father waited for the energy of my attack to dissipate.
- The other method is to dissipate the extra 3. 2 kilometers per second by passing through the upper atmosphere.
- The solid nitrogen is also dissipating faster than expected.
to waste something► waste to use time, money, food etc in a way that is not useful or sensible, or use more of something than is necessary: · I wasted 40 minutes waiting for a bus this morning.· Don't leave the light on - you're wasting electricity.· The school kitchen wastes an awful lot of food. waste money/time on something: · Bill wastes all his money on beer and cigarettes.· Let's not waste any more time on this. ► wasted something that is wasted is not used in a sensible way, or does not produce a useful result: · I felt as if my education had been wasted when I couldn't get a job.a wasted trip/journey: · I'm sorry, you've had a wasted trip. Mr Newton isn't here at the moment.wasted life/years: · She thought back over the past four years - four wasted years married to a man who almost destroyed her.a wasted opportunity: · The government could have dealt with the problem there and then. It was a wasted opportunity. ► go to waste if something goes to waste or if you let something go to waste , it is wasted because it is not used: · Local produce often goes to waste because people prefer to buy imported food.· If no one else wants this, I'll eat it -- I hate to see good food go to waste.· We can't let all our hard work go to waste. ► squander to waste something valuable by using it in a stupid way that brings no useful results: · His family felt he had squandered his musical talent.squander a chance/opportunity: · England squandered a golden opportunity to score, seconds before the final whistle.squander away something: · Howard was a terrible gambler, and had squandered away the family fortune. ► fritter away to waste something such as time or money in a silly way by using small amounts of it on things you do not need: fritter away something: · So many students seem to fritter away their time at college.fritter something away: · Michelle had frittered her inheritance away on extravagant parties and fancy clothes. ► dissipate formal to gradually waste something such as money or energy by trying to do a lot of different and often unnecessary things: · She had dissipated her fortune by the time she was twenty-five. ► money down the drain money that is wasted: be money down the drain: · Buying nice clothes for you was just money down the drain. All you ever wear are jeans and T-shirts.throw money down the drain: · The government is throwing tax payers' money down the drain. NOUN► energy· The net effect of these factors is to dissipate the energy of the returning hammer.· As penniless brokers they often had to dissipate energy on make-do and mend activities.· Such materials char and melt, rapidly absorbing and dissipating energy as they do so. ► heat· One has low power requirements, thereby dissipating little heat, the other has high-density circuitry.· More efficient drives dissipate less heat and hence require smaller heat sinks-traditionally the largest component.· This energy is dissipated as heat, and increases the amount of disorder in the universe. 1[intransitive, transitive] to gradually become less or weaker before disappearing completely, or to make something do this: As he thought it over, his anger gradually dissipated. Little by little, the smoke was dissipated by the breeze.2[transitive] to waste something valuable such as time, money, or energy: His savings were soon dissipated. |