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Definition of titrate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

titrate

verb
 
/taɪˈtreɪt/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪt/
 
/taɪˈtreɪt/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪt/
(chemistry)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they titrate
 
/taɪˈtreɪt/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪt/
 
/taɪˈtreɪt/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪt/
he / she / it titrates
 
/taɪˈtreɪts/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪts/
 
/taɪˈtreɪts/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪts/
past simple titrated
 
/taɪˈtreɪtɪd/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪtɪd/
 
/taɪˈtreɪtɪd/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪtɪd/
past participle titrated
 
/taɪˈtreɪtɪd/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪtɪd/
 
/taɪˈtreɪtɪd/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪtɪd/
-ing form titrating
 
/taɪˈtreɪtɪŋ/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪtɪŋ/
 
/taɪˈtreɪtɪŋ/,
 
/tɪˈtreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. titrate something to find out how much of a particular substance is in a liquid by measuring how much of another substance is needed to react with it
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French titrer (from titre in the sense ‘fineness of alloyed gold or silver’) + -ate.
See titrate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
ancient
adjective
 
 
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