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The usual way of growing cotton is highly petrochemical-intensive, requiring 110 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer per acre. Some of the fertilizer is broken down by soil bacteria into nitrate, a toxic and highly soluble chemical that can leach into groundwater or get washed into lakes, creating oxygenless dead zones.
Alex Shoumatoff

Meaning of "nitrate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NITRATE

nitrate  [ˈnaɪtreɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NITRATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nitrate 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 nitrate in English.

WHAT DOES NITRATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

nitrate

Nitrate

Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the molecular formula NO3− and a molecular mass of 62.0049 g/mol. Nitrates also describe the organic functional group RONO2. These nitrate esters are a specialized class of explosives.

Definition of nitrate in the English dictionary

The first definition of nitrate in the dictionary is any salt or ester of nitric acid, such as sodium nitrate, NaNO3. Other definition of nitrate is a fertilizer consisting of or containing nitrate salts. Nitrate is also to treat with nitric acid or a nitrate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NITRATE

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you nitrate
we let´s nitrate
you nitrate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to nitrate
Past participle
nitrated
Present Participle
nitrating
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 NITRATE


administrate
ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪt
citrate
ˈsɪtreɪt
concentrate
ˈkɒnsənˌtreɪt
contrate
ˈkɒntreɪt
demonstrate
ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt
denitrate
diːˈnaɪtreɪt
filtrate
ˈfɪltreɪt
frustrate
frʌˈstreɪt
illustrate
ˈɪləˌstreɪt
infiltrate
ˈɪnfɪlˌtreɪt
magistrate
ˈmædʒɪˌstreɪt
penetrate
ˈpɛnɪˌtreɪt
prostrate
ˈprɒstreɪt
straight
streɪt
strait
streɪt
substrate
ˈsʌbstreɪt
tartrate
ˈtɑːtreɪt
titrate
ˈtaɪtreɪt
trait
treɪt
trinitrate
traɪˈnaɪtreɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NITRATE

nitramine
nitraniline
nitratine
nitration
nitrator
nitrazepam
nitre
nitreous silica
nitric
nitric acid
nitric bacteria
nitric oxide
nitride
nitriding
nitrifiable
nitrification
nitrified
nitrifier
nitrifies
nitrify

WORDS THAT END LIKE NITRATE

accurate
ammonium nitrate
arbitrate
bitartrate
calcium citrate
castrate
cellulose nitrate
committing magistrate
deconcentrate
defenestrate
glyceryl trinitrate
interpenetrate
lustrate
perpetrate
potassium nitrate
reconcentrate
remonstrate
sequestrate
silver nitrate
sodium nitrate
ultrafiltrate

Synonyms and antonyms of nitrate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nitrate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NITRATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

硝酸盐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nitrato
570 millions of speakers

English

nitrate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाइट्रेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نترات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нитрат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nitrato
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাইট্রি অ্যাসিড প্রয়োগ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nitrate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nitrat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nitrat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

硝酸塩
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

질산염
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nitrat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nitrat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நைட்ரேட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नायट्रेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nitrat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nitrato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

azotan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нітрат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

azotat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νιτρικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nitraat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nitrat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nitrat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nitrate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NITRATE»

The term «nitrate» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.679 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «nitrate».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NITRATE» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «NITRATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nitrate.
1
Kary Mullis
You can't ask your pharmacist to stock larger quantities of potassium nitrate because you want to make a bigger rocket.
2
Alex Shoumatoff
The usual way of growing cotton is highly petrochemical-intensive, requiring 110 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer per acre. Some of the fertilizer is broken down by soil bacteria into nitrate, a toxic and highly soluble chemical that can leach into groundwater or get washed into lakes, creating oxygenless dead zones.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NITRATE»

Discover the use of nitrate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nitrate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nitrite and Nitrate in Human Health and Disease
This diverse collection of authors includes vascular biologists, physiologists, physicians, epidemiologists, cancer biologists, registered dieticians, chemists, and public health experts from five countries in both academia and government.
AnnMarie Kocher, Joseph Loscalzo, 2011
2
Nitrate: processes, patterns, and management
Commences with detailed accounts of nitrogen cycles & nitrate production in atmospheric, terrestrial & aquatic systems.
T. P. Burt, A. Louise Heathwaite, Stephen Thomas Trudgill, 1993
3
Nitrate Won't Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the ...
This study looks at the preservation process: newsreel, television, and color preservation; the often controversial issue of colorization; and commercial film archives.
Anthony Slide, 2000
4
Nitrate, Agriculture, and the Environment
This book builds on Farming, Fertilizers and the Nitrate Problem (CABI, 1991) by Addiscott, Whitmore and Powlson but has been restructured to take account of new developments and to bring out more clearly the role of politicians and ...
T. M. Addiscott, 2005
5
Nitrate and Man: Toxic, Harmless Or Beneficial?
This book examines the relationship between nitrates and human health.During the last 50 years or so, nitrate has been feared as the source of the rare condition called methaemoglobinaemia, or 'blue baby syndrome', for young infants.
Jean L'hirondel, 2002
6
Cellulose Nitrate in Conservation
This report attempts to isolate and separately examine each of the factors known to lead to cellulose nitrate decomposition, and then relate their contribution to the instability of the polymer when it is used as a bonding agent for ...
Charles M. Selwitz, 1988
7
Farming, fertilizers and the nitrate problem
Nitrate: perception of the problem.
T. M. Addiscott, A. P. Whitmore, David S. Powlson, 1991
8
Handbook of Water Analysis
It exists in the environment in many forms as a part of the nitrogen cycle, with nitrate (NO-, ) and nitrite (NOJ) being the most abundant ones in water systems ( Fig. 1). Nitrate and nitrite are colorless and odorless ions. They are highly soluble in ...
Leo M.L. Nollet, Leen S. P. De Gelder, 2000
9
Effect of Sodium Nitrate Treatment on Water and Sediment ...
In the laboratory study, sodium nitrate was further investigated to determine if it would influence redox potential, denitrification rate, and the rate of organic matter decomposition when added to sediment.
Suwanit Chainark, 2008
10
Accumulation of Nitrate
1 969, the nitrate nitrogen content of the water in 20 of these wells was in excess of 10 mg per liter (Smith and Baier, 1969), and they were either shut down or blended with low-nitrate water. Moreover, certain water supplies in southern ...
‎1972

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NITRATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nitrate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nitrate Levels Remain High in Some Communities' Drinking Water …
Prosser, NE- High nitrate levels in drinking water can be deadly for some, and it's the reason why the small town of Prosser in Adams County ... «NTV, Jul 15»
2
Iowa needs a different strategy on water quality
It isn't that farmers are purposely putting nitrate into Iowa's rivers, or that the nitrate problem is caused by just a few “bad actors.” It is the system ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
3
Beet Juice As A Workout Supplement? Scientists Say The Nitrates …
"We were surprised by how little nitrate was needed to see such a large effect," Dr. Amrita Ahluwalia, the study's lead author, said in a statement ... «Medical Daily, Jul 15»
4
New standards for safe nitrate levels in bird's nest
She said high nitrate content could pose serious health risks such as cancer and China had banned the import of unprocessed swiftlet nests ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
5
California's groundwater is disappearing AND widely contaminated
In the ag-heavy San Joaquin Valley (the Central Valley's Southern half), for example, you might expect plenty of nitrate in the water, because of heavy reliance ... «Grist, Jul 15»
6
Nitrate levels: Getting the whole story
I read with great interest the recent Des Moines Register story, “High nitrate levels plague 60 Iowa cities” and the subsequent editorial, “Nitrate ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
7
M'sia developing edible bird's nest standards to ascertain safe …
She said high nitrate content could pose serious health risks such as cancer and China had banned the import of unprocessed swiftlet nests ... «New Straits Times Online, Jul 15»
8
Trial set for next year in Water Works nitrate case
U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett has set Aug. 8, 2016, as the start of proceedings in Des Moines Water Works' lawsuit against three northwest ... «Business Record, Jul 15»
9
Beet It Nitrate 3000 – first look
It's been designed to enable both professionals and amateurs to experiment with their own nitrate levels and get the most out of their sporting ... «220 Triathlon, Jul 15»
10
Nitrate pollution is a statewide problem
Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy includes several methods to reduce nitrate pollution, but it is voluntary, and there are no deadlines for the ... «Clinton Herald, Jul 15»

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