dilute
verb (used with object)
to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
diluted
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past participleof dilute.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dilute.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
diluteverb (used with object)to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
Example Sentences
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Sibir's 50% interest in the joint venture had been diluted, or reduced, to less than 1%.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Share buybacks can lower a company’s diluted share count and raise its earnings per share.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Everything has a chance to mingle before the soup gets diluted.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Marked by veils of heavily diluted color that are rubbed into the canvas weave to create a weightless, matte effect, its soft, evanescent surface was intended to read, Whistler said, “like breath on glass.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Hence Austronesians evidently reached the New Guinea region but failed completely to penetrate the island’s interior and were genetically diluted by New Guinea’s previous residents on the north coast and islands.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
