MEANING
1. To spread out and disappear, or to cause something to do so.
2. To use up money, energy, or other resources carelessly or without lasting benefit.
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Words that belong together
- dissipate heat
- mist dissipates
- tension dissipates
On the page
The mist began to dissipate just as the bells stopped ringing.
Her anger did not dissipate with the explanation; it merely acquired a sharper focus.
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Word forms
- Base
- dissipate
- Past tense
- dissipated
- Past participle
- dissipated
- Present participle
- dissipating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- dissipate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are dissipating
- Present perfect
- have/has dissipated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been dissipating
- Past
- dissipated
- Past continuous
- was/were dissipating
- Past perfect
- had dissipated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been dissipating
- Future
- will dissipate
- Future continuous
- will be dissipating
- Future perfect
- will have dissipated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been dissipating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: dissipate; dissipates; dissipated; dissipated; dissipating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: dissipates.
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