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- [oz-mohs, os-]
- /ˈɒz moʊs, ˈɒs-/
- /ˈɒ.sməʊs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [oz-mohs, os-]
- /ˈɒz moʊs, ˈɒs-/
Definitions of osmose word
- verb without object osmose to undergo osmosis. 1
- verb with object osmose to subject to osmosis. 1
- abbreviation OSMOSE osmosis. 1
- noun osmose Pass by or as if by osmosis. 1
- verb osmose to undergo or cause to undergo osmosis 0
- verb transitive osmose to subject to, or undergo, osmosis 0
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Origin of osmose
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; back formation from osmosis
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Osmose
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
osmose popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
osmose usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for osmose
verb osmose
- consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- ingest — to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- swallow — to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
- take in — the act of taking.
- blot — If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation.
Antonyms for osmose
verb osmose
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- dissipate — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- eject — Force or throw (something) out, typically in a violent or sudden way.
Top questions with osmose
- what is osmose?