dilute
pronunciation
How to pronounce dilute in British English:
UK [daɪˈluːt]
How to pronounce dilute in American English:
US [daɪˈluːt]
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- Verb:
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
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- Adjective:
- reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
Word Origin
- dilute
- dilute: see lavatory
- dilute (v.)
- 1550s, from Latin dilutus, past participle of diluere "dissolve, wash away, dilute," from dis- "apart" + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave). Related: Diluted; diluting. As an adjective from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Regulators are under pressure to dilute and postpone .
- 2. These offshore regimes may permit controlling shareholders to dilute outside investors with impunity .
- 3. So as not to dilute its cachet , it never offers discounts .
- 4. " These definitely dilute some of the efficiencies " in private-equity investing .
- 5. This tends to dilute profits per partner .