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Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?
Joseph Campbell

Meaning of "flatten" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLATTEN

flatten  [ˈflætən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLATTEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flatten 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 flatten in English.

WHAT DOES FLATTEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Flatten

Flatten or flattened may refer to: ▪ Regrading land ▪ Flat-ten engine ▪ Svein Flåtten, Norwegian politician ▪ Mount Flatten, fictional mountain from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show animated television series ▪ Flattened rice Flattening may refer to: ▪ Flattening, in celestial mechanics and geophysics ▪ Head flattening...

Definition of flatten in the English dictionary

The first definition of flatten in the dictionary is to make or become flat or flatter. Other definition of flatten is to knock down or injure; prostrate. Flatten is also to crush or subdue.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLATTEN

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you flatten
we let´s flatten
you flatten
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to flatten
Past participle
flattened
Present Participle
flattening
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 FLATTEN


baton
ˈbætən
batten
ˈbætən
checklaton
tʃekˈlætən
fatten
ˈfætən
Grattan
ˈɡrætən
harmattan
hɑːˈmætən
latten
ˈlætən
Manhattan
mænˈhætən
Mountbatten
maʊntˈbætən
paten
ˈpætən
patten
ˈpætən
pattern
ˈpætən
Patton
ˈpætən
platan
ˈplætən
platen
ˈplætən
ratten
ˈrætən
ratton
ˈrætən
schecklaton
tʃɛkˈlætən
shecklaton
ʃekˈlætən
slattern
ˈslætən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLATTEN

flatstick
flatted
flattener
flatter
flatterable
flattered
flatterer
flatteries
flattering
flatteringly
flatterous
flatterously
flattery
flattest
flattie
flatties
flatting
flattish
flattop
flatty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLATTEN

begotten
bitten
Britten
forgotten
gotten
handwritten
have gotten
kitten
long-forgotten
mitten
never-to-be-forgotten
overwritten
rewritten
rotten
sitten
smitten
underwritten
unwritten
well-written
written

Synonyms and antonyms of flatten in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLATTEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flatten» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of flatten

Translation of «flatten» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLATTEN

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

Translator English - Chinese

使变平
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alisar
570 millions of speakers

English

flatten
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समतल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تتسطح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сгладить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aplanar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চেপটান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aplatir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meratakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

glätten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぺちゃんこにする/ぺちゃんこになる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

납작하게 만들다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flatten
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm bằng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சமநிலையாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समतल करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düzleştirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

appiattire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spłaszczyć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

згладити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aplatiza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ισοπεδώνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

platta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flatten

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLATTEN»

The term «flatten» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.756 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLATTEN» OVER TIME

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

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5 QUOTES WITH «FLATTEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flatten.
1
Joseph Campbell
Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?
2
Mary Cassatt
I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.
3
David Harsanyi
Broaden the tax base, close loopholes and flatten the tax rates - all of which would bring more revenue stability and certitude to projections as well as make filing a comparable breeze.
4
Christopher Plummer
It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English culture voice. So I had to work like hell to flatten those R's.
5
Joe Walsh
Everybody gets ticked off about GE paying no taxes. Look, we have a complicated, convoluted tax system. And only big corporations and wealthy individuals like Warren Buffett can take advantage of it. We need to simplify and flatten the code, get rid of all the loopholes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLATTEN»

Discover the use of flatten in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flatten and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The New Abs Diet for Women: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten ...
The New Abs Diet for Women offers you a simple promise: If you follow this easy diet and exercise plan, a plan that does most of the hard work for you, you will lose weight.
David Zinczenko, 2012
2
The Abs Diet for Women: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your ...
Packed with information developed exclusively for women, the book includes: Information on how the Abs Diet can prevent joint pain, improve female sexual response, and give a woman the flat belly she craves in just six weeks Abs Diet ...
David Zinczenko, Ted Spiker, 2008
3
Firm and Flatten Your ABS
"Firm and Flatten Your Abs" will help you: - Quickly Shrink Your Waistline - Lose Body Fat - Eliminate Lower Back Pain - Develop a Stunning Set of Six Pack Abs - Gain Strength, Muscle Tone, and Raw Athletic Power This book is unique because ...
David Grisaffi, 2012
4
Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual
You can also hold Option (Alt) as you choose Merge Visible from the Layers panel's menu to make Photoshop merge everything onto a new layer. • Flatten. This command makes your file flatter than a pancake, giving you a locked background ...
Lesa Snider, 2010
5
The Abs Diet Get Fit Stay Fit Plan: The Exercise Program to ...
The Exercise Program to Flatten Your Belly, Reshape Your Body, and Give You Abs for Life! David Zinczenko, Ted Spiker. the Best Foods to Burn Fat Body- Reshaping Exercises Best Foods to Burn Fat Body-Reshaping Exercises Simple  ...
David Zinczenko, Ted Spiker, 2005
6
The IMPACT! Body Plan: Build New Muscle, Flatten Your Belly ...
Todd Durkin is the most sought-after personal trainer in sports, and if you don't know his name, you've definitely seen his work.
Todd Durkin, 2011
7
The crunch: the latest, most effective way to flatten your ...
An international fitness consultant introduces a safe, effective program--of warm-ups, stretches, breathing techniques, and a variety of "crunches"--that are designed to strengthen abdominal muscles without putting pressure on the back.
Karen Amen, Tee Dobinson, 1994
8
The Mathematica GuideBook for Programming
«Z51= Flatten [f [f [{{f [f [£] ]}}]]] Using MapAll we can flatten all nested identical heads. But Flatten [atom] will not evaluate to atom. M261- MapAll [Flatten, f [f [{{f [f [?]]}}]]] Flatten; : normal : Nonatomic expression expected at position 1 in Flatten[ C].
Michael Trott, Michael Trott (Ph. D.), 2004
9
Applications of Declarative Programming and Knowledge ...
A comparison of a flatten_dl/2 procedure, that uses difference-lists and a flatten/3 procedure, that uses the accumulator technique is given (the order of the arguments X,Y in a difference-list X-Y is normally, without semantic consequences, ...
Dietmar Seipel, Michael Hanus, Armin Wolf, 2009
10
Mathematics of Program Construction: 6th International ...
To show that add satisfies (4), we will need the following fact, whose proof is left to the diligent reader: flatten(roll (a,xs)) = a : concat(map flatten xs) (5) Now we will show that add satisfies (4): a :flatten(roll (b,ys ++ zs)) = {(5)} a : b : concat(map  ...
Eerke A. Boiten, Bernhard Möller, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLATTEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flatten is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Independence police arrest two following chase
“We quickly stationed ourselves in strategic positions to flatten the tires with spike strips ... and we were able to get three police cars in front of ... «Blue Springs Examiner, Jul 15»
2
Why the new Army pistol will use deadlier hollow-point ammunition
... controversy around hollow points involves the Hague convention of 1899, which prohibited “bullets that easily expand or flatten in the body. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
CompaniesPrimark owner ABF says sales flatten
Although shareholders in Associated British Foods usually count on the success of Primark outweighing difficulties in its sugar business, the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
4
Larry L. Flatten, 65
Larry L. Flatten of Albert Lea, Minnesota, died Sunday, July 5, 2015, surrounded by his loving family, at St Mary's Hospital in Rochester, ... «Austin Herald, Jul 15»
5
Furious residents to protest against Lambeth's decision to flatten
Residents and supporters of the Cressingham Gardens estate in south London are planning a large protest outside Lambeth Town Hall in ... «BrixtonBuzz, Jul 15»
6
Bruce Arena speaks after LA Galaxy flatten Toronto FC, 4-0 | INSIDER
CARSON, Calif. -- LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena spoke after the Galaxy's 4-0 victory over Toronto FC. (On the Galaxy's decision to ... «LA Galaxy, Jul 15»
7
Economists tip wages growth to flatten
Search in: Business. smh.com.au; Web; Business. Economists tip wages growth to flatten. Date: July 4, 2015. (29); Read later. Gareth Hutchens · View more ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
8
Can a 10 ton steamroller flatten the LG G Flex 2?
Stress and torture test videos have really become trendy and only seem to be growing in popularity.Nowadays it seems that scientific and ... «GSMArena.com, Jul 15»
9
Bid to flatten Prom hotel and build flats
A £1m investment could see a run down seafront hotel bulldozed and converted into residential apartments. Councillors are being ... «Blackpool Gazette, Jul 15»
10
There's More Than One Way to Flatten a Structure
I talked on Tuesday about the fairly poor turnout for World Series of Poker Event #55: $1,500 DraftKings 50/50 No-Limit Hold'em. Like the ... «PartTimePoker News, Jul 15»

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