MEANING
1. To lower a substance's concentration by adding a liquid or other diluting medium.
2. To reduce the strength, impact, or distinctive character of something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- dilute with water
- dilute a solution
- a diluted mixture
On the page
He diluted the ink until the final lines were barely visible.
The medic diluted the concentrate before filling the irrigation bottle.
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Word forms
- Base
- dilute
- Past tense
- diluted
- Past participle
- diluted
- Present participle
- diluting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- dilute
- Present continuous
- am/is/are diluting
- Present perfect
- have/has diluted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been diluting
- Past
- diluted
- Past continuous
- was/were diluting
- Past perfect
- had diluted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been diluting
- Future
- will dilute
- Future continuous
- will be diluting
- Future perfect
- will have diluted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been diluting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: dilute; dilutes; diluted; diluted; diluting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: dilutes.
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