to permeate
- verb
- /ˈpɜrmiˌeɪt/
- The aroma of freshly baked bread seemed to permeate the entire house.
- permeate society
- permeates all aspects
- permeates every facet
Consciousness is something that permeates the living body.
- Consciousness is something that permeates the living body.
- Then all the toxicity that they have cannot permeate your mind.
- It's the societal constraint and expectation that then permeates the culture.
- And in fact it crosses, permeates through all kinds of cellular processes.
- And it's and that mindset shift permeates into the work that you're doing every day.
- And it's, I think a lesson that has permeated, I think, every aspect of my life.
- It's fascinating that those decisions permeate through time, just like biological systems, right.
- And at the same time, we saw the real ascendancy of this scam known as ESG start permeating the private sector.
- It's it's it is so permeated in our society.
Examples
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It will permeate the fabric of the story and get into the blood of my film!
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Stories revolving around love and romance permeate our lives and media.
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So it takes time for new technology to fully permeate health practice.
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Today they still are, but the obstacles they face permeate the profession, says a new study.
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It's not healthy, and it permeates every aspect of our relationship.
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A fundamental academic skill that permeates through all other areas of academics is reading.
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Cell phones have begun to permeate every facet of the personal, professional, and academic world.
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Contempt for traditional America permeates much of the scholarly writing on the Middle East.
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If you have toxic friends, toxic family, toxic relationships, you're going to see anxiety permeate your life.
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The recognition of a lifelong struggle also permeates the latest report of the women's commission.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
Spread through something and reach all parts, like a strong smell
To make a liquid or gas go through a filter
Spread through a place so you notice it everywhere
To move slowly through a material like soil or walls
To spread slowly through something, often as light, color, or a feeling
Antonyms
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Permeate comes from Latin parts per- 'through' and meare 'to go', so it originally meant 'to go through'. That's why to permeate means to spread or pass through every part of something, like a smell moving through a room.