MEANING
1. To supply or circulate air in a space, especially to replace stale or contaminated air.
2. To move air into and out of a person’s lungs, especially through assisted mechanical means.
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Words that belong together
- ventilate a room
- ventilated compartment
On the page
They ventilated the compartment after the solvent spill.
A narrow duct ventilated the maintenance shaft.
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Word forms
- Base
- ventilate
- Past tense
- ventilated
- Past participle
- ventilated
- Present participle
- ventilating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- ventilate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are ventilating
- Present perfect
- have/has ventilated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been ventilating
- Past
- ventilated
- Past continuous
- was/were ventilating
- Past perfect
- had ventilated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been ventilating
- Future
- will ventilate
- Future continuous
- will be ventilating
- Future perfect
- will have ventilated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been ventilating
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: ventilate; ventilates; ventilated; ventilated; ventilating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: ventilates.
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