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How to pronounce “percolate”
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Pronunciation guide for percolate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of percolate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Bruce Feiler: Agile programming -- for your family 18 minutes
ideas didn't just percolate down but could percolate up from the bottom
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. [from 1626]
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How to pronounce percolate
Bruce Feiler: Agile programming -- for your family 18 minutes
ideas didn't just percolate down but could percolate up from the bottom
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “percolate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. [from 1626]
- (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance. [from 1684]
- (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.
- (intransitive) (of coffee) to be prepared by percolation; (of a coffee pot) to brew coffee in this way.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised. [from c. 1676]
- [Noun]
- (rare) A liquid that has been percolated. [from 1853]
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