Pervade definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

If something pervades a place or thing, it is a noticeable feature throughout it. The smell of sawdust and glue pervaded the factory. American English: pervade ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus Thesaurus AmericanThesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Definitionof 'pervade'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× pervade (pəʳveɪd ) Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresent tensepervades ,presentparticiplepervading ,pasttense,pastparticiplepervaded verb Ifsomethingpervadesaplaceorthing,itisanoticeablefeaturethroughoutit. [formal]Thesmellofsawdustandgluepervadedthefactory.[VERBnoun] ...thecorruptionthatpervadeseverystratumofthecountry.[VERBnoun] Throughoutthebookthereisapervadingsenseofmenace.[VERB-ing] Synonyms:spreadthrough,fill,affect,penetrate MoreSynonymsofpervade COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof pervade Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'pervade' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'pervade' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'meltwater' HindiTranslationof'pervade' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency pervadeinBritishEnglish (pɜːˈveɪd ) verb(transitive) tospreadthroughorthroughout,espsubtlyorgradually;permeate CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformspervader(perˈvader)noun pervasion(pɜːˈveɪʒən )noun WordoriginC17:fromLatinpervādere,fromper-through+vāderetogo WordFrequency pervadeinAmericanEnglish (pərˈveɪd ) verbtransitiveWordforms:perˈvadedorperˈvading1. Rare topassthrough;spreadorbediffusedthroughout 2.  tobeprevalentthroughout Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformspervasion(perˈvasion)(pərˈveɪʒən ) noun WordoriginLpervadere