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levitate

/ˈlɛvɪteɪt/

levitate verb: to cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

Verb

levitate (third-person singular simple present levitates, present participle levitating, simple past and past participle levitated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
    • The magician levitated the woman.
  2. (intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
    • The guru claimed that he could levitate.

levitate meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Thai

levitate in Urdu

ہوا میں تیرنا

levitate in Malayalam

hover, float, rise (into the air)
അന്തരീക്ഷത്തിൽ ചരിക്കുക, വായുവിൽ തങ്ങിനിൽക്കുക, പൊങ്ങിപ്പോകുക, റാകുക, വായുവിൽ ചലിക്കുക, പൊങ്ങിക്കിടക്കുക

levitate in Thai

to be suspend in the air
ลอยตัว lɔɔi-dtuua

Forms of levitate

third-person singular presentlevitates
present participlelevitating
past participlelevitated
pastlevitated

Past tense of levitate: levitated

Origin of levitate

First attested in 1673; borrowed from New Latin levitātus, perfect passive participle of levitō (“to levitate; to have one's motion directed upward, as opposed to the downward motion induced by gravity”) (first attested c. 1670), modeled on gravitō (“to gravitate”) (← Latin gravis (“heavy”)), from levis (“light”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from levitate

Questions about levitate

What does levitate mean?
Levitate means to cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
What is levitate in Urdu?
Levitate in Urdu is ہوا میں تیرنا. See Levitate meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is levitate?
Levitate is a verb.
How do you pronounce levitate?
Levitate is pronounced /ˈlɛvɪteɪt/.
What is the past tense of levitate?
The past tense of levitate is levitated.

Words near levitate in the dictionary

  1. Levit.
  2. Levitan
  3. Levitans
  4. levitant
  5. levitants
  6. levitate
  7. levitated
  8. levitates
  9. levitating
  10. levitation
  11. levitational

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Adapted from Wiktionary: levitate (page history and authors); levitate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); levitate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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