Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to saturate
Participle: saturated
Gerund: saturating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | saturate |
| you | saturate |
| he;she;it | saturates |
| we | saturate |
| you | saturate |
| they | saturate |
Perfect
| I | have saturated |
| you | have saturated |
| he;she;it | has saturated |
| we | have saturated |
| you | have saturated |
| they | have saturated |
Past
| I | saturated |
| you | saturated |
| he;she;it | saturated |
| we | saturated |
| you | saturated |
| they | saturated |
Pluperfect
| I | had saturated |
| you | had saturated |
| he;she;it | had saturated |
| we | had saturated |
| you | had saturated |
| they | had saturated |
Future
| I | will saturate |
| you | will saturate |
| he;she;it | will saturate |
| we | will saturate |
| you | will saturate |
| they | will saturate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have saturated |
| you | will have saturated |
| he;she;it | will have saturated |
| we | will have saturated |
| you | will have saturated |
| they | will have saturated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | saturate |
| you | saturate |
| he;she;it | saturate |
| we | saturate |
| you | saturate |
| they | saturate |
Perfect
| I | have saturated |
| you | have saturated |
| he;she;it | have saturated |
| we | have saturated |
| you | have saturated |
| they | have saturated |
Imperfect
| I | saturated |
| you | saturated |
| he;she;it | saturated |
| we | saturated |
| you | saturated |
| they | saturated |
Pluperfect
| I | had saturated |
| you | had saturated |
| he;she;it | had saturated |
| we | had saturated |
| you | had saturated |
| they | had saturated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would saturate |
| you | would saturate |
| he;she;it | would saturate |
| we | would saturate |
| you | would saturate |
| they | would saturate |
Perfect
| I | would have saturated |
| you | would have saturated |
| he;she;it | would have saturated |
| we | would have saturated |
| you | would have saturated |
| they | would have saturated |
Imperative
| you | saturate |
| we | Let's saturate |
| you | saturate |
Verbs conjugated like 'saturate'
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 'saturate'
maturate,
desaturate,
latrate,
obturate,
resaturate,
sacrate,
satiate,
situate,
spatulate,
stuprate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from satur (“full”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Verbs referencing "saturate"
Finnish with old forms
saturoida, Ido saturar.
Sample Sentences
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Rain saturated their clothes.
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After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.
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Suppose, on the contrary, that a piece of charcoal saturated with hydrogen gas is put into a receiver filled with carbonic acid gas, […] [1815, Annals of Philosophy, volume 6, page 332:]
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Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow, saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. [1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:]
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Modern television is saturated with violence.
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One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.