dilate
verb (used with object)
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
will dilate
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future tenseof dilate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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On a scorching summer day, your blood vessels near the skin will dilate, allowing internal heat to dissipate into the air.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2020
The sympathetic system will dilate the pupil when the retina is not receiving enough light, and the parasympathetic system will constrict the pupil when too much light hits the retina.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Calculate nine times 13 and your pupils will dilate slightly.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 7, 2012
England and Scotland are to enjoy an educational campaign, in which hundreds of speakers all over the country will dilate upon the necessity of reducing the consumption and preventing the waste of foodstuffs.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 by Various
Little by little the lungs will dilate and one will unconsciously increase the length of the inspiration and the slowness with which the air is expelled.
From Poise: How to Attain It by D. Starke
