pervade
verb/pəˈveɪd/
/pərˈveɪd/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pervade | /pəˈveɪd/ /pərˈveɪd/ |
| he / she / it pervades | /pəˈveɪdz/ /pərˈveɪdz/ |
| past simple pervaded | /pəˈveɪdɪd/ /pərˈveɪdɪd/ |
| past participle pervaded | /pəˈveɪdɪd/ /pərˈveɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form pervading | /pəˈveɪdɪŋ/ /pərˈveɪdɪŋ/ |
- pervade something to spread through and be easy to notice in every part of something synonym permeate
- a pervading mood of fear
- the sadness that pervades most of her novels
- The entire house was pervaded by a sour smell.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPervade is used with these nouns as the subject:- atmosphere
- attitude
- society
- whole
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent. (also in the sense ‘traverse’): from Latin pervadere, from per- ‘throughout’ + vadere ‘go’.Want to learn more?
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