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How to pronounce “contaminate”
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Pronunciation guide for contaminate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of contaminate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- What ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate
that can contaminate food webs and accumulate in shellfish and fish
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce contaminate
What ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate
that can contaminate food webs and accumulate in shellfish and fish
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “contaminate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
- (transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
- (transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
- (transitive) To infect, usually of a deadly virus.
- [Adjective]
- (used as a participle) Contaminated.
- (figuratively) Dirty, sinful, wicked, gross, etc.
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