Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - penetrate
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Penetrate
penetrate
verb (-trated; -trating) Etymology: Latin penetratus, past participle of penetrare, from penitus deep within, far; akin to Latin penus provisions Date: circa 1530 transitive verb 1. a. to pass into or through b. to enter by overcoming resistance ; pierce c. to gain entrance to 2. a. to see into or through b. to discover the inner contents or meaning of 3. to affect profoundly with feeling 4. to diffuse through or into intransitive verb 1. a. to pass, extend, pierce, or diffuse into or through something b. to pierce something with the eye or mind 2. to affect deeply the senses or feelings Synonyms: see enter
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v. 1 tr. a find access into or through, esp. forcibly. b (usu. foll. by with) imbue (a person or thing) with; permeate. 2 tr. see into, find out, or discern (a person's mind, the truth, a meaning, etc.). 3 tr. see through (darkness, fog, etc.) (could not penetrate the gloom). 4 intr. be absorbed by the mind (my hint did not penetrate). 5 tr. (as penetrating adj.) a having or suggesting sensitivity or insight (a penetrating remark). b (of a voice etc.) easily heard through or above other sounds; piercing. 6 tr. (of a man) put the penis into the vagina of (a woman). 7 intr. (usu. foll. by into, through, to) make a way. Derivatives penetrable adj. penetrability n. penetrant adj. & n. penetratingly adv. penetration n. penetrative adj. penetrator n. Etymology: L penetrare place or enter within f. penitus interior ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. проникать внутрь, проходить the water penetrated to the interior —- вода просочилась (проникла, попала) внутрь darkness which the eye (the sight) cannot penetrate —- тьма, в которой ничего нельзя разглядеть the travellers penetrated into the cave —- путешественники проникли в пещеру 2. вторгаться, вклиниваться, прорываться 3. постигать; понимать to penetrate into the secrets of nature —- постигать тайны природы 4. (with) пропитывать, пронизывать a book penetrated with the atmosphere of the times —- книга, проникнутая атмосферой эпохи he was penetrated with awe —- он был охвачен благоговейным страхом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) проникать внутрь, проходить сквозь, пронизывать; The water has penetrated into the bedrooms. These new ideas are penetrating into the framework of society. The knife wound penetrated to the bone. 2) входить, проходить (into, through, to); We shall need a strong light to penetrate through this mist. 3) пропитывать, пронизывать (чем-л.) (with); All his poems seem to be penetrated with the idea of death and hopelessness. 4) глубоко трогать; охватывать (with); He was penetrated with awe. 5) постигать, понимать; вникать (во что-л.); to penetrate into the secrets of nature Syn: see permeate ...Англо-русский словарь
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(penetrates, penetrating, penetrated) 1. If something or someone penetrates a physical object or an area, they succeed in getting into it or passing through it. X-rays can penetrate many objects... VERB: V n • penetration (penetrations) The exterior walls are three to three and a half feet thick to prevent penetration by bombs. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl 2. If someone penetrates an organization, a group, or a profession, they succeed in entering it although it is difficult to do so. ...the continuing failure of women to penetrate the higher levels of engineering... VERB: V n 3. If someone penetrates an enemy group or a rival organization, they succeed in joining it in order to get information or cause trouble. The CIA had requested our help to penetrate a drugs ring operating out of Munich... = infiltrate VERB: V n • penetration ...the successful penetration by the KGB of the French intelligence service. = infiltration N-UNCOUNT: with supp 4. If a company or country penetrates a market or area, they succeed in selling their products there. (BUSINESS) There have been around 15 attempts from outside France to penetrate the market. VERB: V n • penetration ...import penetration across a broad range of heavy industries. N-UNCOUNT: with supp ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v 1 »GO THROUGH« to enter something or pass through it, especially when this is difficult (shells that penetrate thick armour plating) + into (Explorers penetrated into unknown regions.) 2 »BUSINESS« to start to sell things to an area or country, or to have an influence there (Their goal is to penetrate undeveloped markets in the Third World.) 3 »ORGANIZATION« to get yourself accepted into a group or an organization in order to find out their secrets (KGB agents had penetrated most of their intelligence services.) 4 »SEE THROUGH« to see into or through something even though it is difficult (My eyes couldn't penetrate the gloom.) 5 »UNDERSTAND« a) to succeed in understanding something (Science has penetrated the mysteries of nature.) b) informal to be fully understood by someone (I heard what you said but it didn't fully penetrate.) 6 »SEX« technical if a man penetrates a woman, he puts his penis into her vagina when having sex (- see also impenetrable) - penetration n (the CIA's penetration of left wing organizations) - penetrable adj - penetrability n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1530, from L. penetratus, pp. of penetrare "to put or get into, enter into," related to penitus "inmost," penus "innermost part of a temple, store of food." Penetration is first attested 1605, from L. penetrationem (nom. penetratio) "a penetrating or piercing," from penetrare. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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