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The correct spelling is saturated.
How to pronounce saturated
verb
Say it like: Sat-ura-ted
The correct spelling is saturated. To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid). 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
verb
- 1.To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- 2.To fill to excess.
- 3.To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
- 4.To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
adjective
- 1.Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
- 2.Soaked or drenched with moisture.
- 3.(of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
- 4.Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
- 5.(color) Having a high level of saturation.
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