Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated)To fortify with vitamins.

Examples

139 sentences

  1. This diet is full of vitamins.

    Ця дієта повна вітамінів. — deniko

    ruЭта диета полна витаминов. — Biga

    deDiese Diät ist voll von Vitaminen. — Espi

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  2. I take vitamins every day.

    Я п'ю вітаміни кожного дня. — deniko

    ruЯ принимаю витамины каждый день. — marafon

    deIch nehme jeden Tag Vitamine ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I take vitamins.

    Я приймаю вітаміни. — deniko

    ruЯ принимаю витамины. — Olya

    deIch nehme Vitamine. — Yorwba

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  4. Oranges have a high vitamin content.

    ruВ апельсинах содержится много витаминов. — odexed

    deOrangen haben einen hohen Vitamingehalt. — Safari

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  5. Oranges are rich in vitamin C.

    Апельсини багаті вітаміном С. — deniko

    ruАпельсины богаты витамином С. — tirpitz

    deOrangen sind reich an Vitamin C. — MUIRIEL

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Origin

First use appears c. 1920, originally vitamine (1912), from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital

First use appears c. 1920, originally vitamine (1912), from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine (see amino acids). Vitamine coined by Polish biochemist Casimir Funk after the initial discovery of aberic acid (thiamine), when it was thought that all such nutrients would be amines. The term had become ubiquitous by the time it was discovered that vitamin C, among others, had no amine component. In 1920, British biochemist Jack Drummond proposed that the final -e be dropped to deemphasize the amine reference. The ending -in was acceptable because it was used for natural substances of undefined composition. Drummond also introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) at this same time.

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Forms

vitamins, vitamining, vitamined, vitamined
Base formvitamin · to vitamin
3rd person singularvitamins
Present participlevitamining
Past simplevitamined
Past participlevitamined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyvitamin
he, she, itvitamins

Past simpleLesson

all personsvitamined

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill vitamin

Word family

1 related words
Relatedvitamer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
vitalB2vitalityC1vitallyvitalsvitiatevitriolvivacious
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