infiltrate

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Pronunciation[change]

  • (UK) IPA (key): /ˈɪnfɪltreɪt/
  • (US) IPA (key): /ˈɪnfəltreɪt/ or /ɪnˈfɪltreɪt/
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Verb[change]

Plain form
infiltrate

Third-person singular
infiltrates

Past tense
infiltrated

Past participle
infiltrated

Present participle
infiltrating

  1. (transitive) If you infiltrate a place, you secretly enter the place to get something.
  2. (transitive) If a liquid infiltrates, it passes through something by filtration.

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