dilute

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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.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make a liquid thinner or... thin weaken water attenuate adulterate temper

Opposites

concentrate strengthen thicken intensify

Word family

Forms undiluted

Derived forms diluterdilutiondilutive

Related forms diluentdilution

Simplified etymology

Dilute, recorded from the mid-16th century, comes from Latin diluere, “wash away.” The same Latin verb is the source of diluvium, “flood,” from which deluge ultimately derives.

Etymology

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

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# 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
- Actions & Processes

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