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💧 To make weaker ⚠️ To lower quality 🧪 Less concentrated
to dilute

to dilute

24 4.9
To make a product worse by adding cheaper ingredients
  • verb
  • /dɪˈluːt/
: diluir
  • If this safeguard for the liberty and rights of the citizen were diluted, the fabric of democracy could weaken.
  • dilute the power
  • dilutes the impact
  • dilute the influence

But I just hate to see activism get diluted by being overused.

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Examples

  • The caucus was tested by substitute amendments that attempted to dilute or kill tough reform measures.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Bringing poorer countries into a wealthy club dilutes the wealth of those asked to share the burden of leveling.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Push back on people who try to dilute this mission and partner with people who support the best.

  • Society and even the individual have no right to forgive or dilute punishment.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • We'll do a reverse stock split and then we'll raise more money and dilute the shareholders even more.

  • I feel like network notes often kind of shift or change or dilute the, the specificity of of a show.

  • No, it just, it dilutes the brand and it's bad for merch.

    Team Coco

  • Furthermore, some are worried that Muslims' lopsided support for Democrats may dilute their political clout.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Changing without clear direction or consensus to adopt a new mission could dilute existing strengths without achieving a new expeditionary diplomacy.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The company decided to dilute the quality of its product by adding cheaper ingredients.

Synonyms

to thin
vsto dilute
61 1.4

To become less thick or crowded, for example a crowd

emphasizes lowering quality by adding inferior parts, not only reducing thickness
to water down
vsto dilute
  • Informal
48 4.0

To make something less strong by adding liquid or removing strong parts

focuses on adding inferior substance to make something impure or lower quality
to debase
vsto dilute
5 6.9

To make something worth less by adding cheaper material

focuses specifically on making impure by adding foreign parts to lower quality
to adulterate
vsto dilute
  • Specialized
3 8.2

To make food or drink impure by adding cheaper ingredients

is the general term for adding inferior substances to reduce quality
to cut
vsto dilute
  • Specialized
2 6.0

To make a liquid less strong by adding another liquid

applies to any material and stresses making it impure or lower quality
to thin out
vsto dilute
1 3.7

Make a drink weaker by adding water or another liquid

involves adding inferior or foreign substance to lower quality rather than just dilution
to load
vsto dilute
1 8.1

To add cheaper substances to a product to lower its quality

shares the exact same meaning of adding inferior ingredients

Antonyms

to refine
68 4.0

Make something better by making a few small changes

to purify
28 4.6

To remove dirt and bad chemicals from water or air to make them clean

How Impure

to dilute
24 4.9
to spoil
209 2.8
to water down
  • Informal
48 4.0

Surface Forms

dilute infinitive
diluted past
diluted past participle
diluting present participle
dilutes third person singular

Etymology

The verb dilute can also mean to make a product less pure by adding a weaker or cheaper substance, and it comes from Latin diluere, made of dis- 'away' and luere 'to wash', so adding something else is like 'washing away' the original quality and thus lowers purity or quality.