Science and technology have come to pervade every aspect of our lives and, as a result, society is changing at a speed which is quite unprecedented.
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Pervade
//pɚˈveɪd//
Synonyms for "pervade" (57 found)
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4 entriesrelated to
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32 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- прониквам verb (to be in every part of)
- разпространявам се verb (to be in every part of)
Catalan
1 entries- impregnar verb (to be in every part of)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 充斥 verb (to be in every part of)
- 貫穿 /贯穿 verb (to be in every part of)
Czech
1 entries- procházet skrz verb (to be in every part of)
Dutch
1 entries- doordringen verb (to be in every part of)
Finnish
1 entries- levitä verb (to be in every part of)
French
3 entries- envahir verb (to be in every part of)
- pénétrer verb (to be in every part of)
- saturer verb (to be in every part of)
German
1 entries- durchziehen verb (to be in every part of)
Hungarian
2 entries- áthat verb (to be in every part of)
- átjár verb (to be in every part of)
Italian
1 entries- pervadere verb (to be in every part of)
Latin
1 entries- pervado verb (to be in every part of)
Lithuanian
1 entries- persmelkti verb (to be in every part of)
Occitan
2 entries- envasir verb (to be in every part of)
- penetrar verb (to be in every part of)
Portuguese
1 entries- permear verb (to be in every part of)
Romanian
2 entries- invada verb (to be in every part of)
- pătrunde verb (to be in every part of)
Russian
3 entries- наполня́ть verb (to be in every part of)
- пропитывать verb (to be in every part of)
- проходи́ть verb (to be in every part of)
Spanish
4 entries- impregnar verb (to be in every part of)
- permear verb (to be in every part of)
- pervadir verb (to be in every part of)
- saturar verb (to be in every part of)
Swedish
1 entries- genomsyra verb (to be in every part of)
Ukrainian
2 entries- пронизувати verb (to be in every part of)
- проникати verb (to be in every part of)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Cruel wars pervade history.
Source: wiktionary
"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]"
Source: wiktionary
The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.
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