evaporate
verb/ɪˈvæpəreɪt/
/ɪˈvæpəreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they evaporate | /ɪˈvæpəreɪt/ /ɪˈvæpəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it evaporates | /ɪˈvæpəreɪts/ /ɪˈvæpəreɪts/ |
| past simple evaporated | /ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪd/ /ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle evaporated | /ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪd/ /ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form evaporating | /ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] if a liquid evaporates or if something evaporates it, it changes into a gas, especially steam
- Heat until all the water has evaporated.
- evaporate something The sun is constantly evaporating the earth's moisture.
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- [intransitive] to disappear, especially by gradually becoming less and less
- Her confidence had now completely evaporated.
- Their lead in the opinion polls evaporated overnight.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin evaporat- ‘changed into vapour’, from the verb evaporare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vapor ‘steam, vapour’.
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