Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to penetrate
Participle: penetrated
Gerund: penetrating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | penetrate |
| you | penetrate |
| he;she;it | penetrates |
| we | penetrate |
| you | penetrate |
| they | penetrate |
Perfect
| I | have penetrated |
| you | have penetrated |
| he;she;it | has penetrated |
| we | have penetrated |
| you | have penetrated |
| they | have penetrated |
Past
| I | penetrated |
| you | penetrated |
| he;she;it | penetrated |
| we | penetrated |
| you | penetrated |
| they | penetrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had penetrated |
| you | had penetrated |
| he;she;it | had penetrated |
| we | had penetrated |
| you | had penetrated |
| they | had penetrated |
Future
| I | will penetrate |
| you | will penetrate |
| he;she;it | will penetrate |
| we | will penetrate |
| you | will penetrate |
| they | will penetrate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have penetrated |
| you | will have penetrated |
| he;she;it | will have penetrated |
| we | will have penetrated |
| you | will have penetrated |
| they | will have penetrated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | penetrate |
| you | penetrate |
| he;she;it | penetrate |
| we | penetrate |
| you | penetrate |
| they | penetrate |
Perfect
| I | have penetrated |
| you | have penetrated |
| he;she;it | have penetrated |
| we | have penetrated |
| you | have penetrated |
| they | have penetrated |
Imperfect
| I | penetrated |
| you | penetrated |
| he;she;it | penetrated |
| we | penetrated |
| you | penetrated |
| they | penetrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had penetrated |
| you | had penetrated |
| he;she;it | had penetrated |
| we | had penetrated |
| you | had penetrated |
| they | had penetrated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would penetrate |
| you | would penetrate |
| he;she;it | would penetrate |
| we | would penetrate |
| you | would penetrate |
| they | would penetrate |
Perfect
| I | would have penetrated |
| you | would have penetrated |
| he;she;it | would have penetrated |
| we | would have penetrated |
| you | would have penetrated |
| they | would have penetrated |
Imperative
| you | penetrate |
| we | Let's penetrate |
| you | penetrate |
Verbs conjugated like 'penetrate'
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 'penetrate'
denitrate,
fenerate,
fenestrate,
generate,
menstrate,
perpetrate,
repenetrate,
venerate,
celebrate,
cerebrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- pierce
- bore, stab, enter, pervade, permeate, perforate, probe
- understand
- comprehend, grasp, discern, fathom
Antonyms
- understand
- misunderstand, mistake, misapprehend, misinterpret
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1412 (implied in
penetrable), from L.
penetratus, pp. of
penetrare "to put or get into, enter into," related to
penitus "within, inmost,"
penus "innermost part of a temple, store of food,"
penates "household gods."
Penetration is first attested 1605, from L.
penetrationem (nom.
penetratio) "a penetrating or piercing," from
penetrare. The sexual sense is attested from 1613.
Penetrating in the fig. sense of "touching the feelings intensely" is attested from 1632.
2. From Latin penētrātus, perfect passive participle of penētrō (“to put, set, or place within, enter, pierce, penetrate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from penes (“within, with”) by analogy to intrō (“to go in, enter”). Compare French pénétrer. See: French '
pénétrer'.
Verbs referencing "penetrate"
Finnish with old forms
penetroida.
Sample Sentences
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[...] waist with a parti-coloured worsted sash; grey trousers; light blue gloves: and a cap of bearskin. It had by this time come on to rain very heavily, and there was a cold damp mist besides, which penetrated to the skin. I was glad to take advantage of a stoppage and get down to stretch my legs, shake the water off my great-coat, and swallow the usual anti-temperance recipe for keeping out the cold.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] wounded snakes. The banks low, the trees dwarfish, the marshes swarming with frogs, the wretched cabins few and far apart, their inmates hollow-cheeked and pale, the weather very hot, mosquitoes penetrating into every crack and crevice of the boat, mud and slime on everything: nothing pleasant in its aspect, but the harmless lightning which flickers every night upon the dark horizon.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] black child were overcast with tears; — large, bright drops rolled heavily down, one by one, and fell on the little white hand. Yes, in that moment, a ray of real belief, a ray of heavenly love, had penetrated the darkness of her heathen soul ! She laid her head down between her knees, and wept and sobbed,—while the beautiful child, bending over her, looked like the picture of some bright angel stooping [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Something in the voice penetrated to the ear of the dying. He moved his head gently, smiled, and said,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)