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dissonate

UK/ˈdɪsəneɪt/

dissonate verb: to be dissonant.

Verb

dissonate (third-person singular simple present dissonates, present participle dissonating, simple past and past participle dissonated)

  1. (intransitive) To be dissonant.
  2. To cause dissonance (in all senses).

Forms of dissonate

third-person singular presentdissonates
present participledissonating
past participledissonated
pastdissonated

Questions about dissonate

What does dissonate mean?
Dissonate means to be dissonant.
What part of speech is dissonate?
Dissonate is a verb.
How do you pronounce dissonate?
Dissonate is pronounced /ˈdɪsəneɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of dissonate?
The past tense of dissonate is dissonated.

Words near dissonate in the dictionary

  1. dissonances
  2. dissonancies
  3. dissonancy
  4. dissonant
  5. dissonantly
  6. dissonate
  7. dissonated
  8. dissonates
  9. dissonating
  10. dissophyte
  11. dissophytes

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