Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture

    water permeates sand

    durchsickern, durchdringen

    проса́чиватьсяprosáčivatʹsja, пропи́тыватьpropítyvatʹ, прони́зыватьpronízyvatʹ

  2. (transitive)To enter and spread through; to pervade.

    Bright sunshine permeates the room on a sunny day.

    durchdringen, sich verbreiten

    распространя́тьсяrasprostranjátʹsja, проника́тьpronikátʹ

    spread or diffuse through

Examples

14 sentences
  1. A bad smell permeated the room.

    Сморід поширився по кімнаті. — ChickenKiev

    ruНеприятный запах пронизывал комнату. — Lenin_1917

    deEin übler Geruch durchdrang den Raum. — xtofu80

  2. Tom permeated our lives.

    Том сповнив сенсом наше життя. — Ahha

  3. Information processing permeates all aspects of life.

    ruОбработка информации пронизывает все стороны жизни. — carlosalberto

    deDie Informationsverarbeitung durchdringt alle Aspekte des Lebens. — carlosalberto

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  4. The scent of stock flowers permeated the gazebo.

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  5. Everything here is permeated by the spirit of history.

    ruЗдесь всё насквозь пропитано духом истории. — al_ex_an_der

    deHier ist alles vom Geist der Geschichte durchdrungen. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement:
to enter and spread through; to pervade:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement:
to enter and spread through; to pervade:

Origin

First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin permeātus, perfect passive participle of perme

First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin permeātus, perfect passive participle of permeō (“to pass through”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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Forms

permeates, permeating, permeated, permeated
Base formpermeate · to permeate
3rd person singularpermeates
Present participlepermeating
Past simplepermeated
Past participlepermeated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypermeate
he, she, itpermeates

Past simpleLesson

all personspermeated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave permeated
he, she, ithas permeated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill permeate

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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