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PERMEATIVE

Dictionary entry overview: What does permeative mean?

• PERMEATIVE (adjective)
The adjective PERMEATIVE has 1 sense:

1. spreading or spread throughout

Familiarity information: PERMEATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERMEATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Spreading or spread throughout

Synonyms:

permeant; permeating; permeative; pervasive

Context examples:

armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations / the pervasive odor of garlic / an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion

Similar:

distributive (serving to distribute or allot or disperse)

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