dilute C2+ Topic:Materials & Substances US /daɪˈlut/ UK /daɪˈluːt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to make a liquid thinner or weaker by adding water or another substance Dilute the concentrate with three parts water before spraying. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to make a liquid thinner or... thinweakenwaterattenuateadulteratetemper ↔ Opposites concentratestrengthenthickenintensify Word family Forms undiluted Derived forms diluterdilutiondilutive Related forms diluentdilution Etymology AI details From Latin dilutus, past participle of diluere ('to wash away, dissolve, dilute'), from dis- ('apart') plus luere ('to wash'). diluere Latin luere Latin *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Materials & Substances External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dilute **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /daɪˈlut/ **IPA (UK):** /daɪˈluːt/ ## Meanings 1. to make a liquid thinner or weaker by adding water or another substance ## Examples - Dilute the concentrate with three parts water before spraying. ## Synonyms - thin - weaken - water - attenuate - adulterate - temper ## Antonyms - concentrate - strengthen - thicken - intensify ## Derived Forms - diluter - dilution - dilutive ## Related Forms - diluent - dilution ## Roots and Affixes - Root: diluere - Root: luere - Root: *lewh₃- ## Etymology From Latin dilutus, past participle of diluere ('to wash away, dissolve, dilute'), from dis- ('apart') plus luere ('to wash'). ## AI Etymology Dilute is from Latin dilutus, past participle of diluere ('to wash away, dissolve, dilute'), from dis- ('apart') plus luere ('to wash'). Important recorded forms include diluere (Latin), luere (Latin), and *lewh₃- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to make a liquid thinner or weaker by adding water or another substance. The wider family includes derived forms such as diluter, dilution, and dilutive and related words such as diluent and dilution. ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown