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to dissipate
Examples
The morning mist began to dissipate as the sun rose higher in the sky.
02
to waste money, energy, or resources
Transitive: to dissipate energy or resources
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
dissipate
3rd person singular
dissipates
Present participle
dissipating
Past simple
dissipated
Past participle
dissipated
Examples
He quickly realized that buying expensive gadgets was causing him to dissipate his savings.
03
to cause to scatter, spread, and eventually vanish
Transitive: to dissipate sth
Examples
Opening the windows helped dissipate the strong smell of paint throughout the room.
04
to indulge excessively in pleasure, especially by drinking alcohol
Intransitive
Examples
After losing his job, he began to dissipate, spending all his time at the casino.
Lexical Tree
dissipated
dissipation
dissipate
