penetrate
verb (used with object)
to pierce or pass into or through.
will penetrate
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future tenseof penetrate.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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Longer term, there are serious questions about whether contaminants released by the fire will penetrate the food chain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
Driven by diffusion, boiling water molecules will penetrate to the center of a strand of typical-thickness spaghetti in about 10 minutes.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 8, 2023
The spacecraft’s infrared gaze will penetrate cosmic clouds of dust to reveal the hidden details of stellar nurseries and embryonic protoplanets midway through formation.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2021
So I don’t think this will penetrate Israeli domestic politics in any way whatsoever.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2017
But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
