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I was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris. I went with him to excavate in Bolivia and Peru. I never finished high school. I was a straight F student anyway. My father admitted to me later that he'd thought I would come to no good.
Michael Heizer

Meaning of "excavate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXCAVATE

From Latin excavāre, from cavāre to make hollow, from cavus hollow.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EXCAVATE

excavate  [ˈɛkskəˌveɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXCAVATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Excavate 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 excavate in English.

WHAT DOES EXCAVATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Excavate

The excavates are a major subgroup of unicellular eukaryotes, often known as Excavata. The phylogenetic category Excavata, proposed by Cavalier-Smith in 2002, contains a variety of free-living and symbiotic forms, and also includes some important parasites of humans.

Definition of excavate in the English dictionary

The first definition of excavate in the dictionary is to remove by digging; dig out. Other definition of excavate is to make in by hollowing or removing the centre or inner part. Excavate is also to unearth methodically in an attempt to discover information about the past.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXCAVATE

PRESENT

Present
I excavate
you excavate
he/she/it excavates
we excavate
you excavate
they excavate
Present continuous
I am excavating
you are excavating
he/she/it is excavating
we are excavating
you are excavating
they are excavating
Present perfect
I have excavated
you have excavated
he/she/it has excavated
we have excavated
you have excavated
they have excavated
Present perfect continuous
I have been excavating
you have been excavating
he/she/it has been excavating
we have been excavating
you have been excavating
they have been excavating
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 excavated
you excavated
he/she/it excavated
we excavated
you excavated
they excavated
Past continuous
I was excavating
you were excavating
he/she/it was excavating
we were excavating
you were excavating
they were excavating
Past perfect
I had excavated
you had excavated
he/she/it had excavated
we had excavated
you had excavated
they had excavated
Past perfect continuous
I had been excavating
you had been excavating
he/she/it had been excavating
we had been excavating
you had been excavating
they had been excavating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you excavate
we let´s excavate
you excavate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to excavate
Past participle
excavated
Present Participle
excavating
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 EXCAVATE


activate
ˈæktɪˌveɪt
aggravate
ˈæɡrəˌveɪt
captivate
ˈkæptɪˌveɪt
cultivate
ˈkʌltɪˌveɪt
deactivate
diːˈæktɪˌveɪt
denervate
ˈdɛnəˌveɪt
derivate
ˈderɪˌveɪt
elevate
ˈɛlɪˌveɪt
enervate
ˈɛnəˌveɪt
inactivate
ɪnˈæktɪˌveɪt
innervate
ˈɪnɜːˌveɪt
innovate
ˈɪnəˌveɪt
landgravate
ˈlændɡrəˌveɪt
motivate
ˈməʊtɪˌveɪt
passivate
ˈpæsɪˌveɪt
reactivate
rɪˈæktɪˌveɪt
renovate
ˈrɛnəˌveɪt
rotovate
ˈrəʊtəˌveɪt
salivate
ˈsælɪˌveɪt
titivate
ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXCAVATE

excamb
excambion
excarnate
excarnation
excaudate
excavation
excavational
excavator
exceed
exceedable
exceeder
exceeding
exceedingly
excel
excelled
excellence
excellencies
Excellency
excellent
excellently

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXCAVATE

buck private
clavate
coacervate
cravate
curvate
demotivate
estivate
in private
insalivate
margravate
obovate
ovate
private
pyruvate
rotavate
savate
semiprivate
solvate
subovate
tittivate

Synonyms and antonyms of excavate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXCAVATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «excavate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of excavate
burrow · cut · delve · dig · disinter · exhume · expose · gouge · hollow · lay bare · mine · quarry · scoop · trench · tunnel · uncover · unearth

Translation of «excavate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXCAVATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

挖掘 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

excavar
570 millions of speakers

English

excavate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुदाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حفر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раскопки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escavar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খনন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fouiller
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggali
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ausgraben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

発掘する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발굴하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggolek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्खनन करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kazmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scavare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wykopywać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розкопки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

excava
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανασκάψει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitgrawe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gräva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grave
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of excavate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCAVATE»

The term «excavate» is regularly used and occupies the 77.560 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCAVATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «excavate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «excavate» 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 excavate

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6 QUOTES WITH «EXCAVATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word excavate.
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James Baldwin
The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.
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Aminatta Forna
No one ever sits you down at age eight and says, 'Aminatta, this is what's happened so far.' You have to work it out for yourself, and by the time you do, it's ancient history to many of the players. We're trying to make sense of the past, so we start to excavate our memories.
3
Zahi Hawass
We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries.
4
Michael Heizer
I was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris. I went with him to excavate in Bolivia and Peru. I never finished high school. I was a straight F student anyway. My father admitted to me later that he'd thought I would come to no good.
5
Yusef Komunyakaa
I excavate history. I look at lives buried under too much silence. Periods of time, like slavery, have to be revisited, reimagined, so we can move through them.
6
Sarah Parcak
To excavate a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCAVATE»

Discover the use of excavate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to excavate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Archaeology
In fact, archaeologists who do field research in the United States today generally excavate human remains only if they are in the way of a construction project that cannot be rerouted. And no archaeologist would excavate a burial without ...
Robert Kelly, David Thomas, 2009
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Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft ...
Construction activity Period (day/month/year) Excavate to 3.1m below ground level 09/12/03–13/12/03 Install 1st level prop at 2.5m below ground level Excavate to 6.9m below ground level Install 2nd level prop at 6.3m below ground level ...
Charles W.W. Ng, H.W. Huang, G.B. Liu, 2008
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The Complete Dinosaur
Researchers seldom recognize nnmediately that a discovery belongs to a new species, but such a possibility should always be considered in the preliminary evaluation. Decisions to excavate or not to excavate rest on an informal set of criteria ...
James Orville Farlow, M. K. Brett-Surman, 1999
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Laxton's Building Price Book 2002: Major and Small Works
OFFICE DEVELOPMENT (Cont'd) Description 6.0 EXTERNAL WORKS (Cont'd) 6.2 Drainage (Cont'd) Excavate trench 1000 - 1250 deep; lay 100 diameter vitrified clay pipe and fittings bedded and surrounded Item Qty Rate Item Total Total ...
V B Johnson, 2001
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Engineering Geology for Tomorrow's Cities
Number Description Date* 1 Install diaphragm wall 15.07.03 2 Excavate to 7.5 m a.s.l. and install first level support 31.08.03 3 Excavate to 0 m a.s.l. and drill anchor level A 10.10.03 4 Pre-stress anchor level A, excavate to -4.88 m a.s.l. and ...
M. G. Culshaw, 2009
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Generally my to excavate with hand or power equipment; fibrous woody material containing interwoven stems much more difficult. May contain large crisscrossad logs. Easy to excavate with hand or power equipment. May be cohesive. Difficult  ...
7
Japanese Wood-Fired Ceramics
Guided by your kiln plan, excavate the foundation. Work from back to front, starting at the level of the floor of the chimney and back chamber, which are flush with ground level. This means that you will excavate to allow 10" (25.4 cm) for two  ...
Marc Lancet, Masakazu Kusakabe, 2005
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Obedient Autonomy: Chinese Intellectuals and the Achievement ...
Worse, being at a lower level means that rarely is a university student (who would already have the right to excavate simply by virtue of graduation) assigned to that danwei, especially if it does not have the right to excavate. So low-level ...
Erika E. S. Evasdottir, 2005
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
Generally easy to excavate with hand or power equipment; fibrous woody material containing interwoven stems much more difficult. May contain large crisscrossed logs. Easy to excavate with hand or power equipment. May be cohesive.
10
American Journal of Science
Anterior muscular impression excavate ; smaller subquadrate or a iittle oblong ; larger marked with a number of fine vertical striae on the lower posterior quarter; antero-lateral surface of the interior with two parallel flattened areas, the one ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCAVATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term excavate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Youths excavate site of freed slave community in Henrico
Evan Hoffman of Groundwork RVA, left, and Sterlmeka Riley, 16, of Armstrong high school student, check out an artifact they found during an ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
2
GE to excavate more PCBs along Little Dry Creek
Construction crews are staging along Little Dry Creek in preparation for the removal of 10,000 tons of soil on the south side of the creek west of ... «Northwest Georgia News, Jul 15»
3
From monsters to manga: golden age of art by the Celtic race that …
Fraser Hunter, curator for the exhibition in Scotland, is about to return to excavate a site where a metal detector found a 2,000-year-old collar ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
We've Never Seen the Surface of Pluto's Moon Charon. Until Now!
Large craters can excavate material from several miles down and reveal the composition of the interior. We've Never Seen the Surface of ... «io9, Jul 15»
5
Smiles Mean Money in France, But Hidden Benefits Are Even More …
Personally, I hope the friendly efforts penetrate deeper than a superficial strategy aimed at fiscal gain, because we don't have to excavate ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Cleanup efforts continue following train derailment, chemical fire
Crews work Saturday to excavate contaminated dirt at the site of railroad tank car derailment and hazardous chemical fire near Old Mt. Tabor ... «Maryville Daily Times, Jul 15»
7
No. Newton nears breaking ground on sewer project
“The water table is about 10-feet down. They will have to spend some time sinking pumps, drying out the water table so they can excavate and ... «Newton Kansan, Jul 15»
8
Senate Targets ISIS Profits From Ancient Syrian Artifacts
... that members of the Free Syrian Army had developed a team of diggers to excavate Syrian artifacts to sell on the black market for weapons. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
9
Backyard Archaeologist's Miami Property Valued at Nearly $2M, But …
“When archaeologists excavate a site, there is a controlled scientific method. You go layer by layer, analyzing and mapping and documenting ... «Indian Country Today Media Network, Jul 15»
10
Stormwater Capture: California's Untapped Supply
“So when they did the Elmer Avenue project they had to excavate and open up the street and actually put these things into the ground and then ... «Jefferson Public Radio, Jul 15»

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