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diffuse

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Pronunciation

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verb
adjective

Verb

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Plain form
diffuse

Third-person singular
diffuses

Past tense
diffused

Past participle
diffused

Present participle
diffusing

  1. (intransitive) If something diffuses, it spreads across a wide area especially by a fluid motion or passive means.
  2. (transitive) If you diffuse something, you spread something across a wide area especially by a fluid motion or passive means.

Adjective

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Positive
diffuse

Comparative
more diffuse

Superlative
most diffuse

  1. If something is diffuse, it is spread widely in space or time.
    Such a diffuse effort is unlikely to produce good results.