Meaning of "infiltrate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INFILTRATE

From in-² + filtrate.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF INFILTRATE

infiltrate  [ˈɪnfɪlˌtreɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFILTRATE

Infiltrate is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb infiltrate in English.

WHAT DOES INFILTRATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of infiltrate in the English dictionary

The first definition of infiltrate in the dictionary is to undergo or cause to undergo the process in which a fluid passes into the pores or interstices of a solid; permeate. Other definition of infiltrate is to pass undetected through. Infiltrate is also to gain or cause to gain entrance or access surreptitiously.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INFILTRATE

PRESENT

Present

I infiltrate

you infiltrate

he/she/it infiltrates

we infiltrate

you infiltrate

they infiltrate

Present continuous

I am infiltrating

you are infiltrating

he/she/it is infiltrating

we are infiltrating

you are infiltrating

they are infiltrating

Present perfect

I have infiltrated

you have infiltrated

he/she/it has infiltrated

we have infiltrated

you have infiltrated

they have infiltrated

Present perfect continuous

I have been infiltrating

you have been infiltrating

he/she/it has been infiltrating

we have been infiltrating

you have been infiltrating

they have been infiltrating

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 infiltrated

you infiltrated

he/she/it infiltrated

we infiltrated

you infiltrated

they infiltrated

Past continuous

I was infiltrating

you were infiltrating

he/she/it was infiltrating

we were infiltrating

you were infiltrating

they were infiltrating

Past perfect

I had infiltrated

you had infiltrated

he/she/it had infiltrated

we had infiltrated

you had infiltrated

they had infiltrated

Past perfect continuous

I had been infiltrating

you had been infiltrating

he/she/it had been infiltrating

we had been infiltrating

you had been infiltrating

they had been infiltrating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will infiltrate

you will infiltrate

he/she/it will infiltrate

we will infiltrate

you will infiltrate

they will infiltrate

Future continuous

I will be infiltrating

you will be infiltrating

he/she/it will be infiltrating

we will be infiltrating

you will be infiltrating

they will be infiltrating

Future perfect

I will have infiltrated

you will have infiltrated

he/she/it will have infiltrated

we will have infiltrated

you will have infiltrated

they will have infiltrated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been infiltrating

you will have been infiltrating

he/she/it will have been infiltrating

we will have been infiltrating

you will have been infiltrating

they will have been infiltrating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would infiltrate

you would infiltrate

he/she/it would infiltrate

we would infiltrate

you would infiltrate

they would infiltrate

Conditional continuous

I would be infiltrating

you would be infiltrating

he/she/it would be infiltrating

we would be infiltrating

you would be infiltrating

they would be infiltrating

Conditional perfect

I would have infiltrate

you would have infiltrate

he/she/it would have infiltrate

we would have infiltrate

you would have infiltrate

they would have infiltrate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been infiltrating

you would have been infiltrating

he/she/it would have been infiltrating

we would have been infiltrating

you would have been infiltrating

they would have been infiltrating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you infiltrate
we let´s infiltrate
you infiltrate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to infiltrate

Past participle

infiltrated

Present Participle

infiltrating

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.

SYNONYMS OF «INFILTRATE»

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

synonyms of infiltrate

penetrate · percolate · permeate · pervade

TRANSLATION OF INFILTRATE

Find out the translation of infiltrate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of infiltrate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «infiltrate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 使…渗入
• Translator English - Spanish: infiltrarse en
• English: infiltrate
• Translator English - Hindi: घुसपैठ
• Translator English - Arabic: التسلل
• Translator English - Russian: проникнуть
• Translator English - Portuguese: infiltrar-se
• Translator English - Bengali: চোয়ান
• Translator English - French: infiltrer
• Translator English - Malay: Menyusup
• Translator English - German: infiltrieren
• Translator English - Japanese: 潜入させる/潜入する
• Translator English - Korean: 잠입시키다
• Translator English - Javanese: Infiltrate
• Translator English - Vietnamese: xâm nhập
• Translator English - Tamil: ஊடுருவ
• Translator English - Marathi: झिरपणे
• Translator English - Turkish: sızmak
• Translator English - Italian: infiltrare
• Translator English - Polish: infiltracji
• Translator English - Ukrainian: проникнути
• Translator English - Romanian: infiltra
• Translator English - Greek: διεισδύσει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: infiltreer
• Translator English - Swedish: infiltrera
• Translator English - Norwegian: infiltrere

7 QUOTES WITH «INFILTRATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word infiltrate.

1

Jennifer Beals

I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships.

2

Don DeLillo

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to.

3

R. Lee Ermey

Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam.

4

Jane Harman

We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.

5

Bella Heathcote

I like giving music-themed gifts. I've given a couple of music documentaries to boys. Especially if they don't have the same taste as me, I try to infiltrate their mind with my favourite bands.

6

Timothy Hutton

Any time that we read a script and the 'Leverage' team has to infiltrate a place, assume identities, or become con artists ourselves to take down the really bad con artists, it's always fun to do that.

7

Peter T. King

There are too many people sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully and finding out how we can infiltrate them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFILTRATE»

Discover the use of infiltrate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to infiltrate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Infiltrate: the front lines of the New York design scene

Infiltrate is a comprehensive collection of contemporary, cutting-edge New York design.

Alexander Gelman, Nic Musolino, Helen Walters, 2004

The Cutaneous Lymphoid Proliferations: A Comprehensive ...

lymphoid infiltrate and in late lesions by a more intense superficial and deep infiltrate, which may show a "sleeve-like” morphology mimicking EAC. Eosinophils, neutrophils, hemorrhage, vascular fibrin deposition, and vesiculation owing either ...

Cynthia M. Magro, A. Neil Crowson, Martin C. Mihm, 2007

Color Atlas of Dermatopathology

Histopathology(Figs.6BandC): B Sparse perivascular infiltrate of lymphocytes B Few eosinophils, sometimes B Extravasate erythrocytes, sometimes ClinicopathologicCorrelation: Perivascular or lichenoid infiltrate Eosinophils in the infiltrate ...

Jane M. Grant-Kels, 2007

Asm Ready Reference: Electrical and Magnetic Properties of ...

... Press-Sinter-Infiltrate Press-Sinter-Infiltrate Press-Sinter-Infiltrate Press-Sinter- Infiltrate Composite Composite Composite Composite Press-Sinter-Infiltrate Press-Sinter-Infiltrate Press-Sinter-Infiltrate Press-Sinter Press-Sinter-Repress ...

Charles Moosbrugger, 2000

Essentials of Anatomic Pathology

Interface dermatitis is further subdivided by the pattern of the inflammatory infiltrate, either lichenoid (band-like), or perivascular DERMAL CHANGES PREDOMINANT 0 The patterns in this group lack significant change in the overlying ...

Liang Cheng, David G. Bostwick, 2011

Histopathology of Nodal and Extranodal Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas

Alternatively, these infiltrates may be more abundant, appearing either as a band -like infiltrate along trabeculae or as a nodule with a large base in direct contact with the bone trabeculae and a convexity compressing the hematopoietic tissue.

Alfred C. Feller, Jacques Diebold, 2004

Differential Diagnosis in Pediatric Radiology

The concept of "infiltrate" implies a predominantly inflammatory process with exudation into a defined lung segment; fluids, solid elements, or cells accumulate in the air-containing spaces (e.g.. bronchi, alveoli, acini, lobules), or in the ...

Klaus-Dietrich Ebel, Gabriele Benz-Bohm, 1999

Dermatopathology

Chronic and subacute cutaneous LE ] Dermatomyositis Interface dermatitis with mucin but much less of a subepidermal infiltrate ] Acute graft-vs-host reaction Apoptotic keratinocytes, satellite cell necrosis, vacuolar change at DEJ, less intense ...

Werner Kempf, Markus Hantschke, Heinz Kutzner, 2008

Dermatology

1 Benign Lymphocytic Infiltrates Overview ▻ Definition: Benign reactive lymphocytic infiltrate, which must be distinguished from a lymphoma. ▻ Classification: The old term "pseudolymphoma" only causes confusion. Many of the lesions ...

Wolfram Sterry, Ralf Paus, Walter H. C. Burgdorf, 2006

Surgical Pathology of the GI Tract, Liver, Biliary Tract, ...

recommended that gastritis not be diagnosed unless there are at least several clusters of five or more mononuclear cells present in the lamina propria, or the infiltrate is diffuse. In the corpus and fundus, rare mononuclear cells in the lamina  ...

Robert D. Odze, John R. Goldblum, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFILTRATE»

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SeaWorld suspends employee who PETA says tried to infiltrate its …

SeaWorld San Diego has put an employee on paid leave amid allegations from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that he tried to ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

Instagram infiltrate fashion by hiring former Lucky editor-in-chief

"What would Eva Chen do next?" was the question many in the fashion industry asked when Chen, Lucky magazine's editor-in-chief resigned ... «Mashable, Jul 15»

PETA says multiple SeaWorld workers may have spied - WTSP.com

"PETA is currently looking at two more men who we believe were SeaWorld agents hired to infiltrate PETA as 'volunteers,' and expects the list ... «WTSP 10 News, Jul 15»

That time a Marine in WWII was found clutching a sword around 13 …

... with utter disregard for his own personal safety, single-handed engaged in hand-to-hand combat a group of the enemy attempting to infiltrate ... «We Are The Mighty, Jul 15»

What The Cardinals And Astros Tell Us About The Future Of Cheating

Baseball teams want players who hack away in the batter's box, not those who infiltrate their computer systems. To protect against future ... «SportTechie, Jul 15»

Green people infiltrate San Diego Unified schools

#Environmental activists are cheering the decision Tuesday (July 14) by the San Diego Unified School District to adopt a climate action plan ... «San Diego Reader, Jul 15»

Hilary wins Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year award | The …

It's amazing to be the first American to infiltrate this list.” During the ceremony, the 2015 Festival Programming Chair Ann Cleeves and author ... «The Bookseller, Jul 15»

SeaWorld accused of sending employee to infiltrate animal rights …

SeaWorld has been accused of sending an employee to infiltrate animal ... are the same person, or that it sent him to infiltrate the protesters. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Kapil Sibal sees RSS goal to infiltrate government

New Delhi : Former union minister and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, who is appearing for the petitioners in the Vyapam scam, has said that the ... «Free Press Journal, Jul 15»

Infiltrate a Fraternity to Investigate Murder with Exclusive Dude Bro …

College students are infiltrating the ranks of a popular fraternity, in hopes of investigating murder cases that they believe were committed by an ... «Shockya.com, Jul 15»