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dissipate

/ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/verb

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छँट जाना, धीरे-धीरे मिट जाना; बिखेर देना

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verb
  1. 1

    [I, T] ~ (sth) formal

    to gradually become, or make something become, weaker until it disappears

    छँट जाना, धीरे-धीरे मिट जाना; बिखेर देना

    • The fog dissipated by ten o'clock.
    • Her anger slowly dissipated.
    • The fan dissipates the heat from the engine.
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    • The crowd dissipated when the rain started.
    • His fear slowly dissipated as the lights came on.
    • Heat dissipates quickly through metal.

    Synonyms disperse scatter dissolve evaporate vanish

    Opposite gather accumulate build up intensify

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sth formal

    to waste money, time or energy, especially on foolish pleasures

    (धन, समय) उड़ा देना, बरबाद करना

    • He dissipated his inheritance in two years of gambling.
    • He dissipated his energy on a dozen small hobbies and finished none of them.
    • She dissipated her savings on fancy clothes.
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    • Don't dissipate your talent on trivial things.
    • The family fortune was dissipated within a generation.

    Synonyms squander waste fritter away blow

    Opposite save conserve husband

◇Word family
dissipation noundissipated adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

disperse scatter dissolve evaporate vanish squander waste fritter away blow

Antonyms

gather accumulate build up intensify save conserve husband

AaSpelling

dis·si·pate

Double s, one p and -pate (not 'disipate' or 'dissapate'); the dissipate/disseminate pair is a spelling trap.

दो s, एक p और अंत में -pate ('disipate' या 'dissapate' गलत है); dissipate और disseminate की जोड़ी spelling trap है।

?Which word?

dissipate, dissipated and dissipation

The verb dissipate means to disperse or to waste. The adjective dissipated describes a person who lives a life of pleasure and excess: 'a dissipated youth'. The noun dissipation is either scattering (the dissipation of heat) or a wasteful, pleasure-seeking way of life (a life of dissipation).

Verb dissipate का अर्थ 'बिखरना' या 'बरबाद करना' है। Adjective dissipated उस व्यक्ति के लिए है जो भोग-विलास का जीवन जीता हो: 'a dissipated youth'। Noun dissipation या तो बिखराव है (the dissipation of heat) या बरबादी भरा भोगी जीवन (a life of dissipation)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Dissipate heat, dissipate energy, dissipate fears.

Collocations: dissipate heat (गर्मी का बिखर जाना), dissipate energy (ऊर्जा नष्ट करना), dissipate fears (डर को दूर करना)। Dissipate का मूल अर्थ है किसी चीज़ का धीरे-धीरे बिखरकर ख़त्म हो जाना।

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General knowledge

Science: energy dissipation as heat in a circuit.

विज्ञान में circuit में ऊष्मा के रूप में energy dissipation।