to pervade
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6.7
- verb
- /pərˈveɪd/
- The aroma of freshly baked bread will pervade the kitchen and make everyone hungry.
- pervades American culture
- pervades society
- pervades many aspects
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Watch on YouTubeBut that's sort of the atmosphere that pervades in the university.
- But that's sort of the atmosphere that pervades in the university.
- The slightly deeper explanation is that there are fields which pervade throughout space and time.
- They talk about some living presence pervading all things.
- Like there's a existentialist kind of ideal pervading most of his work.
- God is the rationality and soul pervading the universe.
- Or there's a tremendous sense of mistrust which pervades your family or your place of employment.
- Like having Apple products pervade my life.
- It's, it's, it's that the, the, the, the narrative that pervades the Arab world about that conflict.
- We need to feel as though there is this negative attitude just that pervades everything that we do.
- There is a bitterness that pervades the narcissistic person who is getting secondary supply.
- You know, there's an all pervading, absolute, omniscient, omnipresent existence of the one Supreme.
- There was definitely a, there's a pervading thought that I had that evolution is just something you stay away from.
- Perhaps God pervades the universe in some sense, and I think that's something that fits with mystical experiences.
- You know that that interval and pervades all time, right?
Examples
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A climate of apprehensiveness and resentment pervaded the state and reached the seat of government.
Academic text (2011) -
Perhaps God pervades the universe in some sense, and I think that's something that fits with mystical experiences.
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But this does not explain why they so pervade the cooking of the whole Caribbean.
Academic text (1990) -
The slightly deeper explanation is that there are fields which pervade throughout space and time.
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Love will pervade us till death separates us
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A power now pervades you.
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That pervades your view of the world.
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A sense of sun and shadow pervaded her landscapes, without any need for color.
Fiction book (1993) -
This is one of the biggest delusions that pervades our culture and our storytelling.
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Love had crept up on both of them, pervading friendship, admiration, and respect.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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6.0
To spread through something and reach every part
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5.5
To spread out and reach many people or places
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3.7
A strong sound, smell, or feeling that people notice around them
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5.0
Spread through something and reach all parts, like a strong smell
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Etymology
Pervade comes from the prefix per- meaning 'through' and a part like in invade meaning 'go into'. So to pervade something is to 'go through' it and be felt in every part.