Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dilute
Participle: diluted
Gerund: diluting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dilute |
| you | dilute |
| he;she;it | dilutes |
| we | dilute |
| you | dilute |
| they | dilute |
Perfect
| I | have diluted |
| you | have diluted |
| he;she;it | has diluted |
| we | have diluted |
| you | have diluted |
| they | have diluted |
Past
| I | diluted |
| you | diluted |
| he;she;it | diluted |
| we | diluted |
| you | diluted |
| they | diluted |
Pluperfect
| I | had diluted |
| you | had diluted |
| he;she;it | had diluted |
| we | had diluted |
| you | had diluted |
| they | had diluted |
Future
| I | will dilute |
| you | will dilute |
| he;she;it | will dilute |
| we | will dilute |
| you | will dilute |
| they | will dilute |
Future Perfect
| I | will have diluted |
| you | will have diluted |
| he;she;it | will have diluted |
| we | will have diluted |
| you | will have diluted |
| they | will have diluted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dilute |
| you | dilute |
| he;she;it | dilute |
| we | dilute |
| you | dilute |
| they | dilute |
Perfect
| I | have diluted |
| you | have diluted |
| he;she;it | have diluted |
| we | have diluted |
| you | have diluted |
| they | have diluted |
Imperfect
| I | diluted |
| you | diluted |
| he;she;it | diluted |
| we | diluted |
| you | diluted |
| they | diluted |
Pluperfect
| I | had diluted |
| you | had diluted |
| he;she;it | had diluted |
| we | had diluted |
| you | had diluted |
| they | had diluted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dilute |
| you | would dilute |
| he;she;it | would dilute |
| we | would dilute |
| you | would dilute |
| they | would dilute |
Perfect
| I | would have diluted |
| you | would have diluted |
| he;she;it | would have diluted |
| we | would have diluted |
| you | would have diluted |
| they | would have diluted |
Imperative
| you | dilute |
| we | Let's dilute |
| you | dilute |
Verbs conjugated like 'dilute'
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 'dilute'
dilate,
ablute,
belute,
delate,
delete,
delude,
deluge,
depute,
dispute,
disuse,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1555, from L. dilutus, pp. of diluere "dissolve, wash away, dilute," from dis- "apart" + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave).
2. From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.
Sample Sentences
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Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. [1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem:]
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For if these Colours be diluted and weakened by the Mixture of any adventitious light, the distance between the places of the Paper will not be so great. [1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “[The First Book of Opticks. Part I.] ”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 36:]
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“Stay a little.”
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“Not another second: language and discussion dilute thought; I will say no more.” [1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XXXIII, in Erlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 336:]
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It's healthy to have people in the military who would perhaps rather be somewhere else; they can dilute the more gung-ho military types. [1980 August 30, Jil Clark, quoting Jane, “Gays Talk About Registration and the Draft”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9:]
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Courts have repeatedly struck down Republican-drawn maps on the grounds that they constitute illegal racial gerrymanders designed to dilute the electoral power of Black voters, who overwhelmingly cast Democratic ballots. [2025 October 27, Russell Berman, “‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2025:]
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It dilutes easily.