What part of speech is dissipate?

Dissipate can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. dissipate is a verb, present, 1st person singular of dissipate (infinitive).
  • 2. dissipate is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does dissipate mean?

Definitions

Verb

dissipate - live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
dissipate - move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
dissipate - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
dissipate - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"

Examples of dissipate

#   Sentence  
1. verb The crowd began to dissipate.
2. verb The fog began to dissipate.
3. verb The fog started to dissipate about ten o'clock.
Sentence  
verb
The crowd began to dissipate.
The fog began to dissipate.
The fog started to dissipate about ten o'clock.

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