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Meaning of "decolour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECOLOUR

decolour  [diːˈkʌlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECOLOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decolour is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb decolour in English.

WHAT DOES DECOLOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of decolour in the English dictionary

The definition of decolour in the dictionary is to deprive of colour, as by bleaching.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DECOLOUR

PRESENT

Present
I decolour
you decolour
he/she/it decolours
we decolour
you decolour
they decolour
Present continuous
I am decolouring
you are decolouring
he/she/it is decolouring
we are decolouring
you are decolouring
they are decolouring
Present perfect
I have decoloured
you have decoloured
he/she/it has decoloured
we have decoloured
you have decoloured
they have decoloured
Present perfect continuous
I have been decolouring
you have been decolouring
he/she/it has been decolouring
we have been decolouring
you have been decolouring
they have been decolouring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I decoloured
you decoloured
he/she/it decoloured
we decoloured
you decoloured
they decoloured
Past continuous
I was decolouring
you were decolouring
he/she/it was decolouring
we were decolouring
you were decolouring
they were decolouring
Past perfect
I had decoloured
you had decoloured
he/she/it had decoloured
we had decoloured
you had decoloured
they had decoloured
Past perfect continuous
I had been decolouring
you had been decolouring
he/she/it had been decolouring
we had been decolouring
you had been decolouring
they had been decolouring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will decolour
you will decolour
he/she/it will decolour
we will decolour
you will decolour
they will decolour
Future continuous
I will be decolouring
you will be decolouring
he/she/it will be decolouring
we will be decolouring
you will be decolouring
they will be decolouring
Future perfect
I will have decoloured
you will have decoloured
he/she/it will have decoloured
we will have decoloured
you will have decoloured
they will have decoloured
Future perfect continuous
I will have been decolouring
you will have been decolouring
he/she/it will have been decolouring
we will have been decolouring
you will have been decolouring
they will have been decolouring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would decolour
you would decolour
he/she/it would decolour
we would decolour
you would decolour
they would decolour
Conditional continuous
I would be decolouring
you would be decolouring
he/she/it would be decolouring
we would be decolouring
you would be decolouring
they would be decolouring
Conditional perfect
I would have decolour
you would have decolour
he/she/it would have decolour
we would have decolour
you would have decolour
they would have decolour
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been decolouring
you would have been decolouring
he/she/it would have been decolouring
we would have been decolouring
you would have been decolouring
they would have been decolouring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you decolour
we let´s decolour
you decolour
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to decolour
Past participle
decoloured
Present Participle
decolouring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECOLOUR


bicolor
ˈbaɪˌkʌlə
color
ˈkʌlə
colour
ˈkʌlə
culler
ˈkʌlə
decolor
diːˈkʌlə
discolor
dɪsˈkʌlə
discolour
dɪsˈkʌlə
encolour
ɪnˈkʌlə
miscolour
ˌmɪsˈkʌlə
multicolor
ˈmʌltɪˌkʌlə
noncolor
nɒnˈkʌlə
off-color
ˌɒfˈkʌlə
off-colour
ˌɒfˈkʌlə
overcolor
ˌəʊvəˈkʌlə
overcolour
ˌəʊvəˈkʌlə
recolor
riːˈkʌlə
recolour
riːˈkʌlə
Technicolor
ˈtɛknɪˌkʌlə
versicolor
ˈvɜːsɪˌkʌlə
watercolour
ˈwɔːtəˌkʌlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECOLOUR

decollation
decollator
decollete
decolonise
decolonization
decolonize
decolor
decolorant
decolorate
decoloration
decolorisation
decolorise
decoloriser
decolorization
decolorize
decolorizer
decolourisation
decolourise
decolourization
decolourize

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECOLOUR

a horse of another colour
bicolour
body colour
dolour
eye colour
false colour
flour
four-colour
ground colour
hair colour
local colour
off colour
oil colour
person of colour
primary colour
secondary colour
skin colour
technicolour
three-colour
tone colour
tricolour

Synonyms and antonyms of decolour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decolour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECOLOUR

Find out the translation of decolour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decolour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decolour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

脱色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decolour
570 millions of speakers

English

decolour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यक्तित्वहीन करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أزال اللون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обесцветить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decolour
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্ণহীন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décolorer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Busuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entfärben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

decolour
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탈색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decolour
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bay màu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

decolour
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Decolour
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağartmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decolorazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decolour
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

знебарвити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decolour
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

decolour
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontkleuren
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decolour
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decolour
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decolour

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECOLOUR»

The term «decolour» is used very little and occupies the 161.908 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «decolour» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of decolour
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «decolour».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECOLOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decolour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decolour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decolour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECOLOUR»

Discover the use of decolour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decolour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the ...
Ash contains Fe. Decolour. Decolourised. Decolour. No change. Decolourised. Decolourised. Heated to ioo° — violet (distinction from mala- j chite green). Decolourised. . Decolourised. Buff. Decolourised. Paler. Decolourised. Blue. Greenish.
Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann, Samuel Schmucker Sadtler, 1911
2
Chambers concise dictionary
[19c: from French decolleter to bare the neck and shoulders] decolonize or decolonise /di:'kobnaiz/ > v to release (a state) from being a colony; to grant independence to (a colony). [1930s; first as decolonization] □ decolonization n. decolour ...
Ian Brookes, 2004
3
Routledge German Dictionary of Chemistry and Chemical ...
... (bioch) denaturation (of proteins) entfarben to decolour, to decolorize, to discolour, to bleach; (pap) to whiten, to brighten; to deink (waste paper) ~/sich to decolour, to decolorize, to discolour, to bleach out entfarbend decolorant Entfarber m s ...
Technische Universitat Dreden, 2014
4
NAFTA on Second Thoughts: A Plural Evaluation
This makes the colour to be not only in the surface, but inside of the fiber, making impossible to decolour, as it happens in cotton, wool, polyester and nylon fibers, which are dyed after the fiber is raw. In this way, the colour remains only in the ...
David R. Dávila-Villers, 1998
5
Oxford Thesaurus of English
verb 1 the paintwork has faded and peeled: become pale, grow pale, pale, become bleached, become washed out, lose colour, decolour, decolorize, discolour; dull, dim, grow dull, grow dim, lose lustre. wANTONYMS brighten. 2 sunlight had ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
6
Langenscheidt Routledge German Dictionary of Chemistry and ...
... (bioch) denaturation (of proteins) entfarben to decolour, to decolorize, to discolour, to bleach; (pap) to whiten, to brighten; to deink (waste paper) -/sich to decolour, to decolorize, to discolour, to bleach out entfarbend decolorant Entfarber m s.
Technische Universität Dresden, 1997
7
Workshop receipts, for manufactures and scientific amateurs
If it takes more than this quantity to decolour the water the discharge of the chemical valve must be decreased. If it takes less than the above-mentioned number of drops to decolour the water the discharge of the chemical valve must be ...
8
Indian Science Abstracts
6452 TYAGI B S (Ceram Engng Dep, BHU , Varanasi-221005): Selenium as a glass decolour iser. Glass Udyog 1977, 6(3), 21-4. The process of destroying the residual iron colour of flint glass is called decolour isation. The most commonly ...
9
Water Pollution Research in Canada
In general, the main concern of this process does not appear to be in the decolour i zat ion but rather in the sludge carbonation for magnesium recovery. Therefore, the major objectives of the bench-scale phase of this study were to: 1. Give a ...
10
The Chambers Dictionary
deckle 421 decolour way; dock -cargo cargo stowed on the deck of a vessel; deck chair a chair, usu folding and made of canvas and wood, such as passengers sit or lie on deck in; deck -game a game played on a ship's deck; deck-hand a ...
Allied Chambers, 1998

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECOLOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decolour is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Show home barometer: how to style your home
Clinical white cubes The 1990s home-stager's three Ds (decolour, declutter, depersonalise) have been done to death. Pastel walls are now ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
2
DENIM DAYS: Denim taking on sustainable approach
The process involves an initial factory optimisation inspection to check where water is used, an electro-configuration (decolour) is then added, ... «just-style.com, Apr 15»
3
Move over, chia seeds: why we're all chomping on charcoal
It's used widely in industry, including food and drink manufacturing, to purify water, for example, and decolour products like sugar. But when it ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
4
Man of Steel movie review: super long and super heavy
From that vantage point — weariness towards the namesake's legacy and a clear desire to decolour it, without the thematic context that ... «Crikey, Jun 13»
5
Beauty confidential: Colour yourself beautiful
If you make a mistake don't panic — first try Decolour Stripper (£12.99, Boots), which removes artificial and natural colour pigments and since it ... «Daily Mail, Sep 12»
6
Norfolk Romans led way in recycling - 1500 years ago
The Romans used to decolour glass using the metals antimony and manganese, and more than half of the samples analysed were found to ... «Norwich Evening News, Oct 10»
7
Even the Romans recycled
... called ICP-AES, which can detect the the major and minor element present in the glass, including metals the Romans used to decolour it. «Planet Earth, Sep 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Decolour [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/decolour>. Apr 2024 ».
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