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- Dictionarydissipate/ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/
verb
- 1. (with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear: "the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated" Similar Opposite
- 2. waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources): "he inherited, but then dissipated, his father's fortune" Similar Opposite
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to disappear gradually, or to cause something to disappear gradually: [ T ] It took months of effort to dissipate the oil spill in the North Sea. dissipation. noun [ U ] us / ˌdɪs·əˈpeɪ·ʃən / (Definition of dissipate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of DISSIPATE is to break up and drive off. How to use dissipate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dissipate.
verb (used with object) , dis·si·pat·ed, dis·si·pat·ing. to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel. Antonyms: unite. to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete: to dissipate one's talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living.
to disappear gradually, or to cause something to disappear gradually: [ T ] It took months of effort to dissipate the oil spill in the North Sea. dissipation. noun [ U ] us / ˌdɪs·əˈpeɪ·ʃən / (Definition of dissipate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
To dissipate is to disperse or fade away — as a bad smell will dissipate (usually) if you wait long enough. Dissipate can also mean “spend or use wastefully.” If you win the lottery, you might suddenly find yourself with a group of new friends encouraging you to dissipate your money (on them).
a. To spend or expend intemperately or wastefully; squander: dissipated his fortune in casinos. b. To use up, especially recklessly; exhaust: dissipated their energy. See Synonyms at waste. 3. To cause to lose (energy, such as heat) irreversibly. v.intr. 1. To be attenuated and vanish: The dark clouds finally dissipated. 2.
[transitive] dissipate something to waste something, such as time or money, especially by not planning the best way of using it synonym squander. She was determined to achieve results and not to dissipate her energies.
to disappear, or to make something disappear: The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere. (Definition of dissipate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of dissipate. in Chinese (Traditional) （使）逐漸消失, （使）逐漸浪費掉… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （使）逐渐消失, （使）逐渐浪费掉… See more. in Spanish.
Definition of dissipate in English: cite. dissipate. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/ verb. 1(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear: [no object] : the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated[with object] : he wanted to dissipate his anger. More example sentences.
When something dissipates or when you dissipate it, it becomes less or becomes less strong until it disappears or goes away completely. [ formal ] The tension in the room had dissipated.
