oversaturate
oversaturate · oversaturates · oversaturated · oversaturating
пересыщать
To saturate to excessTo saturate to excess.
» The picture was comically oversaturated.
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1 sensesTo saturate to excess.
Sharpening a photograph can oversaturate the colours.
пересыща́тьperesyščátʹ
Examples
1 sentencesThe picture was comically oversaturated.
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
Translations:
Forms
oversaturates, oversaturating, oversaturated, oversaturated| Base form | oversaturate · to oversaturate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | oversaturates |
| Present participle | oversaturating |
| Past simple | oversaturated |
| Past participle | oversaturated |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.