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saturate

The correct spelling is saturate.

How to pronounce saturate

/ˈsætʃəˌɹeɪt/
noun

IPA: /ˈsætʃəˌɹeɪt/

Say it like: Sat-ura-te

The correct spelling is saturate. Something saturated, especially a saturated fat. For example: "After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated."

Usage Examples

After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.

Modern television is saturated with violence.

One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.

verb

  1. 1.To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
  2. 2.To fill to excess.
  3. 3.To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
  4. 4.To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

adjective

  1. 1.Saturated; wet.
  2. 2.Very intense.

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