Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to desaturate
Participle: desaturated
Gerund: desaturating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | desaturate |
| you | desaturate |
| he;she;it | desaturates |
| we | desaturate |
| you | desaturate |
| they | desaturate |
Perfect
| I | have desaturated |
| you | have desaturated |
| he;she;it | has desaturated |
| we | have desaturated |
| you | have desaturated |
| they | have desaturated |
Past
| I | desaturated |
| you | desaturated |
| he;she;it | desaturated |
| we | desaturated |
| you | desaturated |
| they | desaturated |
Pluperfect
| I | had desaturated |
| you | had desaturated |
| he;she;it | had desaturated |
| we | had desaturated |
| you | had desaturated |
| they | had desaturated |
Future
| I | will desaturate |
| you | will desaturate |
| he;she;it | will desaturate |
| we | will desaturate |
| you | will desaturate |
| they | will desaturate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have desaturated |
| you | will have desaturated |
| he;she;it | will have desaturated |
| we | will have desaturated |
| you | will have desaturated |
| they | will have desaturated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | desaturate |
| you | desaturate |
| he;she;it | desaturate |
| we | desaturate |
| you | desaturate |
| they | desaturate |
Perfect
| I | have desaturated |
| you | have desaturated |
| he;she;it | have desaturated |
| we | have desaturated |
| you | have desaturated |
| they | have desaturated |
Imperfect
| I | desaturated |
| you | desaturated |
| he;she;it | desaturated |
| we | desaturated |
| you | desaturated |
| they | desaturated |
Pluperfect
| I | had desaturated |
| you | had desaturated |
| he;she;it | had desaturated |
| we | had desaturated |
| you | had desaturated |
| they | had desaturated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would desaturate |
| you | would desaturate |
| he;she;it | would desaturate |
| we | would desaturate |
| you | would desaturate |
| they | would desaturate |
Perfect
| I | would have desaturated |
| you | would have desaturated |
| he;she;it | would have desaturated |
| we | would have desaturated |
| you | would have desaturated |
| they | would have desaturated |
Imperative
| you | desaturate |
| we | Let's desaturate |
| you | desaturate |
Verbs conjugated like 'desaturate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'desaturate'
denaturate,
resaturate,
deaurate,
presaturate,
renaturate,
saturate,
aestuate,
deaerate,
deblaterate,
decatenate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *de
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
5. Proto-Italic *dē
6. Latin dē
7. Latin dē-der.
8. English de-
9. English saturate
10. English desaturate
11. From de- + saturate.
Sample Sentences
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With this in mind, Desai has called for imposing more stringent regulations on the ride-hailing sector, to create a more level playing field and, presumably, to desaturate the pool of drivers. [2018 June 5, Reihan Salam, “Taxi-Driver Suicides Are a Warning”, in The Atlantic:]
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Take World of Women—or WoW—whose once-modestly priced $200 NFTs now sell for six figures and have attracted the interests of Ava Duvernay and Eva Longoria. This collective is one among several doing it for the girls, desaturating the male-dominated world of NFTs and moving things on quickly. [2022 February 15, “Billion Dollar Boom: NFT Rainmakers”, in Vanity Fair:]
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And similarly, they are full of tricks: when the imagined stranger calls your name, the music crescendos romantically; when the video freezes on your laugh, it immediately desaturates the candid photo, making you look old-timey or famous or dead. [2021 November 1, Haley Nahman, “I got a camera to spy on my cat – and it made me question everything about myself”, in The Guardian:]
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Mammals, for example, lack the ability to desaturate fatty acids in the n-6 or n-3 position. […] Only plants can desaturate fatty acids at the n-6 or n-3 position, and even among plants, there are species differences. [2014, Carolyn D. Berdanier, “Nutritional Biochemistry”, in Carolyn D. Berdanier, Johanna T. Dwyer, David Heber, editors, Handbook of Nutrition and Food, 3rd edition, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 182:]
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I am partial to the more threadbare gems and find the more distressed pieces to be the most beautiful. When the rug is worn, the graphic patterns soften slightly, the dye desaturates, and the pile is evenly low so the weave is really visible. [2017 September 5, Lili Göksenin, “How to Buy, and Live with, a Seriously Good Antique Rug”, in GQ:]
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"It's all pressure on the heart. Oxygen levels are desaturating, that's not good for the body and the biggest link for untreated sleep apnoea would be heart attacks, strokes and driving accidents," she said. [2022 May 27, “Hull charity's fears over energy cost impact on breathing machines”, in BBC News:]
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After Ida left, Susan deteriorated. The next day, the hospital called to say she kept removing her oxygen mask. “Patient desaturates to 82% without mask, however if held then oxygen improves,” her notes say. [2022 July 10, Shanti Das, “‘They gave her a bed to die in’: family of woman with Down’s Syndrome denied intensive care seek answers from Covid-19 inquiry”, in The Guardian:]